Nonsensically typically British train to nowhere?
Jul 21, 2012, 5:30 pm
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I may have some more pictures on my camera but I'm moving at the moment and I'll have to dig out the battery charger when I can to have a look.
I might get round to doing the afternoon one again with a camera at some point in which case I'll add that trip report to this one.
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Jul 25, 2012, 4:27 pm
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Have you written to Southern customer relations informing them that the displays were incorrectly indicating one of their services didn't stop at the station and nearly caused you to miss your train? Surely they'd then have to reply to you justifying their actions and I doubt they'd say they're doing it in order to discourage its use.
Surely telling people not to board the train should make this count as not a public service.
Surely telling people not to board the train should make this count as not a public service.
Jul 26, 2012, 5:13 am
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Have you written to Southern customer relations informing them that the displays were incorrectly indicating one of their services didn't stop at the station and nearly caused you to miss your train? Surely they'd then have to reply to you justifying their actions and I doubt they'd say they're doing it in order to discourage its use.
Surely telling people not to board the train should make this count as not a public service.
Surely telling people not to board the train should make this count as not a public service.
. It is true that my friend Jenbel did almost get left on the platform when the doors shut prematurely and she'd travelled a long way to do this train journey. She also might not have known to get on that train if I hadn't been there.....I feel an email might need writing as I'm now dying to hear their response.
Jul 29, 2012, 4:12 pm
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Indeed they do, the trains where it says "niet instappen" (do not board) are usally trains that have broken down (happens frequently) or are waiting to be moved to a depot.
Jul 30, 2012, 4:19 am
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Aah but in this case it is a scheduled passenger service that is in the timetable and the train company are just trying to avoid carrying passengers on. However in Belgium it sounds like these are genuinely "out of service" trains that wouldn't normally carry passengers.
Jul 30, 2012, 4:33 pm
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Aah but in this case it is a scheduled passenger service that is in the timetable and the train company are just trying to avoid carrying passengers on. However in Belgium it sounds like these are genuinely "out of service" trains that wouldn't normally carry passengers.
Jul 31, 2012, 12:44 pm
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Jul 31, 2012, 1:03 pm
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Just happened to come across this on the BBC website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18644343
I'm guessing this is somewhat similar to the train you guys took?
I'm guessing this is somewhat similar to the train you guys took?
Aug 1, 2012, 3:03 pm
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Just happened to come across this on the BBC website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18644343
I'm guessing this is somewhat similar to the train you guys took?
I'm guessing this is somewhat similar to the train you guys took?
Aug 1, 2012, 5:46 pm
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Aug 2, 2012, 3:16 am
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It actually runs from Clapham High Street (CLP)at 16:11 in the afternoon and then goes through Wandsworth Road, and if you want the full experience you need to start there. If I'm free I'll try and make it but no guarantees.
Aug 2, 2012, 3:21 am
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We were laughing very hard when she eventually got on, might not have been doing so if she hadn't. I was seriously going to use the "talk to the driver" function and the emergency button if there was no response.
Aug 2, 2012, 10:39 am
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So the routing is Clapham High Street - Wandsworth Road - Kensington (Olympia)?
Is the fare still the same?