Flooding at Brockley just got home............

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• Jun 14, 2006

• #1

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Gwylan

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Jul 5, 2003

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Uffern

• Jun 14, 2006

• #2

That was just one of the excuses I got last night;

There were two trains broken down, a person on the track at Crystal Palace and a lorry hitting a railway bridge ...as well as the aforementioned flooding. Took me three and a quarter hours to get home.

I reckon that Southern, FCC and Network Rail have employed someone to think up excuses.

I fully expect there to be a plague of locusts over Croydon, an alien invasion in Redhill and a 30ft dinosaur on the line at Wivelsfield tonight.

 

Barrel of Fun

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Sūþsēaxe: The Land of the South Saxons

• Jun 14, 2006

• #3

I think there have been about 5 or 6 rail bridge hits in the past 3 months. Barriers anyone

I will steer clear of Wivelsfield in that case.

 

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Albion Rob

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• Jun 14, 2006

• #4

Is it me or has it got worse the last couple of months?

Also, I hate the automated messges which claim to be 'extremely sorry for the severe delay' winds me up event more, that.

 

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Gwylan

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Uffern

• Jun 14, 2006

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Albion Rob said:

Is it me or has it got worse the last couple of months?

Also, I hate the automated messges which claim to be 'extremely sorry for the severe delay' winds me up event more, that.

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It definitely has. Four out of my five last journeys home have taken more than three hours (four hours in one case).

 

Publius Ovidius

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• Jun 14, 2006

• #6

We were lucky! got the 5:30 odd Three Bridges train from LB to East Croydon and then the 5:32 Littlehampton train started at EC and was empty. It was 17 minutes late at EC and 6 minutes late at Porstlade...the driver drove like the wind!!!!

 

Tricky Dicky

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• Jun 14, 2006

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Gwylan said:

It definitely has. Four out of my five last journeys home have taken more than three hours (four hours in one case).

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Don't know about your journey but for me, London Bridge to Shoreham has been pretty good lately. Last nght was my first problem for quite a while. Aimed for the 17:32 from LB and got home 1/2 hour late. A bit painful but not too bad.