[News] Train Pain

[Lankyseagull]

What with commuters having to deal with ongoing problems with the trains, now this, seemingly carried out on our patch:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-44411024

WTF is wrong with people?

 

[Notters]

 

[Jimmehh]

"British Transport Police said it was investigating the vandalism, which was reported on Wednesday."

I have passed this train everyday for the last 3 weeks... It started off on one coach and progressively got worse every day...

How the hell did it only get reported on Wednesday - surely I can't be the only person to have seen it - and surely they would have noticed it, and moved the train...

 

[RandyWanger]

Looks good. Very artistic.

 

[studio150]

and surely they would have noticed it, and moved the train...

You believe that GTR actually run trains

 

[oneillco]

Looks good. Very artistic.

I presume you are either:

a) 14
b) joking, or
c) the bloke who tags all the wheelie bins in your mum's cul-de-sac

 

[Yoda]

"British Transport Police said it was investigating the vandalism, which was reported on Wednesday."

I have passed this train everyday for the last 3 weeks... It started off on one coach and progressively got worse every day...

How the hell did it only get reported on Wednesday - surely I can't be the only person to have seen it - and surely they would have noticed it, and moved the train...

I'd noticed it too. Was wondering where it had gone yesterday.

 

[Badger]

"British Transport Police said it was investigating the vandalism, which was reported on Wednesday."

I have passed this train everyday for the last 3 weeks... It started off on one coach and progressively got worse every day...

How the hell did it only get reported on Wednesday - surely I can't be the only person to have seen it - and surely they would have noticed it, and moved the train...

Perhaps they wanted to wait until they'd finished vandalising it before reporting the crime.

 

[mothy]

I presume you are either:

a) 14
b) joking, or
c) the bloke who tags all the wheelie bins in your mum's cul-de-sac

clearly better than tagging

 

[Boys 9d]

If the carriage shed had been kept it could have been shut away safely.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

Last time I caught a train in Italy, all the carriages looked like that. No doubt the paint job will be spun out for as long as possible so they can appeal any fines, but frankly I see no reason why the trains can't run as they are.

 

[Munkfish]

Just another ****ing excuse. I get the train from hove to Reigate everyday. Not once have my trains got me to work on time this week.

 

[ditchy]

Perhaps if GTR had bothered to run the train once in a while it would not have been left thereto be vandalised .

 

[oneillco]

clearly better than tagging

So it's better that with thousands of people struggling with City Thameslink's lack of service that 12 carriages are taken out of action. And better when there's a lack of carriages when getting to and from Falmer?

 

[mothy]

So it's better that with thousands of people struggling with City Thameslink's lack of service that 12 carriages are taken out of action. And better when there's a lack of carriages when getting to and from Falmer?

haha.

i commute by train every day of the week. my 12 carriage train has become 8 & an 8 carriage a 4 - I'd love a 12 carriager.

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

So it's better that with thousands of people struggling with City Thameslink's lack of service that 12 carriages are taken out of action. And better when there's a lack of carriages when getting to and from Falmer?

Why should it be taken out of service at all? I’m not aware that an extra coat of paint of two has any effect on a train’s performance. Or lack of it.

 

[oneillco]

Why should it be taken out of service at all? I’m not aware that an extra coat of paint of two has any effect on a train’s performance. Or lack of it.

Maybe because they don't want their train looking like a toilet? Maybe the passengers want to see out the windows? Just guessing...

 

[oneillco]

haha.

i commute by train every day of the week. my 12 carriage train has become 8 & an 8 carriage a 4 - I'd love a 12 carriager.

Maybe some twunt vandalised the other carriages?

 

[mothy]

Maybe some twunt vandalised the other carriages?

yep. southern - new timetable improvements. the same journey takes 1hr 10 instead of 1 hr too = progress

 

[Yoda]

Why should it be taken out of service at all? I’m not aware that an extra coat of paint of two has any effect on a train’s performance. Or lack of it.

Why wasn't it in service in the first place? It's been stuck at West Worthing for about two weeks, and covered in graffiti for the second of them.

As I posted on someones facebook share of the news item:
1. It had been like that for well over a week until they moved it, so not sure why it was only reported to BTP only on Wednesday. (Show's how much GTR check their rolling stock) Which leads me on to...
2. If GTR could be bothered to run a proper service it may not have been left there for weeks to get covered in graffiti.