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[Albion] No trains for Brentford







jackalbion

jackalbion

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Aug 30, 2011
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mile oak said:
Whilst not all working for the railways will be striking a brush will no doubt be tarnishing them all and they will have taken over from the hated parking ticket attendant or whatever they are called these days the hatred for every rail worker will run deep for many many tears after all these strikes and in the long run the workers will lose out as fewer pl trust trains making alternative arrangements. It started with lockdown and work from home and the strikes have compounded less use of the railways they have become so unreliable I can only see the utter chaos of the 'service' improving if renationalised. You walk into a 'southern' or !north-western' booking office and talk about a train from 'Just up from eastern England' service but the conversation talks when you change trains to 'double cross-country express as they aint our trains mate you need to talk to these geezers - dont even get me started on the ridiculous fare system and breaking your journey and fare down its all madness. I blame the greed of the strikers and as others have rightly pointed out ppl ARE suffering REAL suffering like unable to attend dialysis appointments etc because if the strikers. Blaming the government s a total deflection.
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The Government run the railways. If you hate railway workers so much you can come have a chat, and you can tell me how much you hate them. Have some respect for people who do a job, and don't hate others. I don't hate parking wardens, it says a lot more about you than anyone else. Why is it acceptable to hate anyone for their jobs, I have friends who are drivers. They irritate me, but I don't hate them.
 
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Easy 10 said:
I just cannot be arsed to get involved in another midweek trainless shitstorm. I used to be obsessive about getting to every game I could, but as I get older I find it just becomes less important. The Amex travel logistics post-covid have never properly recovered, just too many factors now have f*cked it all up, and its not just the appalling excuse of the train "service" either.

I shall find a warm comfortable barstool, and on the final whistle I shall congratulate myself on my decision NOT to be there. I'll have nothing more than a 10 minute wobble home, back to the safety of my armchair at least 90-120 minutes earlier than if I'd gone.
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I certainly feel a self congratulatory sofa beer coming on tonight :lolol:
 






Hamilton

Hamilton

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Jul 7, 2003
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Brighton
I'm fast thinking of binning the whole thing off tonight. Transport is going to be a shit show.
 








Thunder Bolt

Thunder Bolt

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Aug 18, 2009
65,716
Beside the seaside, beside the sea
Hamilton said:
I'm fast thinking of binning the whole thing off tonight. Transport is going to be a shit show.
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I'm admitting to staying at home this evening to watch on Prime. Himself has got a rotten cold and I will struggle for transport.
Bad fan.
 


Thunder Bolt

Thunder Bolt

Silly old bat
Aug 18, 2009
65,716
Beside the seaside, beside the sea
el punal said:
I accept your views to a point. That point being that the people being affected by this industrial action are the likes of you and me, and the rest of the Great British public. The government don’t seem to give a toss, the train companies are constricted (maybe/maybe not) by the government’s lack of anything constructive which leaves the whole situation in one massive impasse - with no end in sight.

Your comment that “you’ll get inconvenienced for a few hours” just does not wash. In this day and age many commuters will choose to work from home on strike days, other people who have to use a train to get to their place of work have to suck it up - again. This then leaves the rest of us. We, that have to travel by train for social reasons, going to a football match being one.

My beef, as one example, with the whole charade of no trains running is this : I had planned to take my grandson to the Brentford game tonight as a special treat. Everything had been sorted with me going up to London, picking him up and travelling down and back up to stay at my daughter’s. Well that plan’s totally screwed, as is the non-use of my match tickets which has walloped my wallet. No doubt this scenario will be repeated a thousand times over with others. This ‘inconvenience’ though is not just for a few hours it seems to be perpetual, the ‘inconvenience’ is nothing can be planned or arranged as there is a distinct possibility that those arrangements will be scuppered by another bout of industrial action.

As I pointed out in another post the solution is childishly simple. Lock up all those involved in this dispute in a windowless, darkened room and don’t let them out until there’s a meaningful resolution. That way the rest of us can get on with our lives without further disruption (ha!ha!) on travelling by train.
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Somebody has got to find Mark Harper (Secretary of State for Transport) first. He is outrightly refusing to talk to the unions. In the meantime, the government is still paying the Rail Operating Companies exactly the same amount of money, who, in turn, are still paying their shareholders, so there is no incentive for them to talk.

Renationalise the Railways.
 








Hamilton

Hamilton

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Jul 7, 2003
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Tom Hark Preston Park said:
I'm thinking I might watch the first half at the Amex, catch a nice quiet bus home and watch the second half on catch-up on Amazon Prime. And I'm only half-joking
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That is a great idea.

However, you may have just influenced others to do exactly the same.

And on the other hand, once I'm there I know I won't leave and then I'll find myself stuck there at 90 minutes.

Oh f*ck it!
 


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TomandJerry

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Oct 1, 2013
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First bus of Brentford fans spotted heading to the Amex tonight...

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Wrong-Direction

Wrong-Direction

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Mar 10, 2013
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I'm binning it, feel like death, no mates going due to trains which means I'll be surrounded by the usual youth that don't join in. No doubt queues for busses will be horrendous after
 


Uh_huh_him

Uh_huh_him

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Sep 28, 2011
10,833
My bus to east croydon is already 30 minutes late, and will now terminate at Shirley. meaning my plan to walk from Brighton is now f***ed
 










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