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« Reply #15 on: June 03, 2012, 18:57:19 » |
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Apparently there have been scenes of chaos around the country, with worst reports on SWT▸ , FCC▸ and SE.
Commuters have been angered at the lack of Jubilee trains. Frustrated Jubilee revellers turned on rail operators for failing to provide enough trains to get spectators into London comfortably.
Services into the capital were packed, with many passengers, including tearful children, unable to board overcrowded carriages.
Many took to Twitter to complain that a normal Sunday service appeared to be operating despite the fact that hundreds of thousands of people were planning to travel into London to watch the Thames Pageant.
Source: itv.com/news
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« Reply #16 on: June 03, 2012, 19:59:50 » |
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How many tearful children commuters do you see out of interest btline?
Many, many years ago I was a child train commuter, with a whole load of others going to the same school. But we used to love the days of disruption as it was a bit of an adventure and we were rarely tearful, even on days that the trains were disrupted or not running at all. Up to the age of 11, if the Petts Wood to Sydenham Hill service wasn't running properly, I used Gipsy Hill. And from 11 to 16, if Petts Wood to Sevenoaks was out, the St Mary Cray line was a good standby ... with the bicycle or bus as an emergency / rail strike day standby. |
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« Reply #17 on: June 03, 2012, 20:35:40 » |
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The upset children were at Norbiton.
Perhaps, it wasn't the trains then...
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« Reply #18 on: June 03, 2012, 20:41:32 » |
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At least it wasn't a nice day. Who knows how many extra punters will have travelled had the sun been shining! Perhaps this will act as a warning shot for those responsible for Olympic train planning that over provision is better than under provision - especially for the non-ticketed events?
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« Reply #19 on: June 03, 2012, 20:46:34 » |
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I guess they get another chance on Tuesday to provide more trains..And maybe even tomorrow.. Not sure whether the concert tomorrow is due to attract as many crowds though..Time will tell  |
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« Reply #20 on: June 03, 2012, 21:28:31 » |
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Commuters have been angered at the lack of Jubilee trains.
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"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #21 on: June 03, 2012, 21:39:31 » |
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Commuters have been angered at the lack of Jubilee trains.
Surely that's an oxymoron? I had to think about it for a few seconds (at most ) but I totally agree  |
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« Reply #22 on: June 03, 2012, 21:51:44 » |
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I guess they get another chance on Tuesday to provide more trains..And maybe even tomorrow.. Not sure whether the concert tomorrow is due to attract as many crowds though..Time will tell Tomorrow and Tuesday should be a lot better as there will be a Saturday or Weekday service ran instead of a Sunday service so plenty more trains running. |
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« Reply #23 on: June 03, 2012, 21:52:59 » |
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They're not two back, they're two Bristol-London services. Presumably the sets for those trains were used in the morning instead because there would be a greater demand for morning services today. so please explain what prevents thdm from running as return services? They'll already have allocated trains from London in the afternoon/evening. Instead of sending them up to London in the afternoon they were just sent up in the morning to try and better deal with demand. |
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« Reply #24 on: June 03, 2012, 22:24:31 » |
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I guess they get another chance on Tuesday to provide more trains..And maybe even tomorrow.. Not sure whether the concert tomorrow is due to attract as many crowds though..Time will tell Tomorrow and Tuesday should be a lot better as there will be a Saturday or Weekday service ran instead of a Sunday service so plenty more trains running. Indeed yes.. I was wondering about that earlier and why they didn't just run a weekday service today.. but I guess there would have been issues with getting extra staff working on a Sunday.. |
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« Reply #25 on: June 03, 2012, 22:38:28 » |
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My wife and friend went FGW▸ to town this am and back pm. Friend joined at Reading could catch first train got 09:23 Oxford which was the train my wife was due to catch at Slough at 09:38.
My wife said she'd never had to fight her way onto such a crowded train if she hadn't arranged to meet her friend at Padd at 10:00 and she had forgotten her mobile!
Coming back around 18:00 not quite as bad, fast to Slough (Eversham) packed stopper OK.
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« Reply #26 on: June 03, 2012, 23:01:24 » |
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Complain to ITN then!  |
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« Reply #27 on: June 03, 2012, 23:04:34 » |
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Oh! Were you quoting ITN? I thought that was your wording - as it wasn't in quotes.  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #28 on: June 04, 2012, 08:37:20 » |
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According to Journeycheck FGW▸ did run three extra services from London Paddington to Reading between 18:00 and 19:00 on Sunday night. I asssume they were Turbos and, given the scheduled arrival time at Reading, stoppers.
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« Reply #29 on: June 04, 2012, 10:23:24 » |
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Then again, you could ignore the whole event completely. Like all good republicans.
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