Train rants

[feedtheram]

Aren't we close to being the most expensive in Europe for rail travel and yet the service is in the dark ages compared with some of our European neighbours.

Partly due to the huge under investment in rail over the later parts of last century.

People like to look at rail travel in their own little bubble - my trains are bad therefore the UK has terrible trains. The worst are those who moan about travel delays during Christmas and Easter - like we should tailor the improvement plans around the people who use the service the least!

Anyway most don't have anything close to an understanding of how complex and massive the railway system is. There is no quick fix and no simple solution. What I think it could do with is a period of stability without any major organisational changes, although the franchise system certainly needs some work.

 

[Teledude]

London Bridge yesterday was comedy - and then it caused chaos at victoria too

Love Southeastern!!

 

[jas72]

In the past, whenever i heard anyone moaning about trains being delayed or services being messed up, id just think 'give it a rest, surely it cant be that bad or just get an earlier train if its always late' but getting public transport for the past 3 months has been an absolute joke, trains are always late during rush hour, generally by over 10 minutes. I thought id give it time - maybe ScotRail was having a bad month or two but now its just getting beyond a joke!

Whats the deal? Is it like this up and down the country? The amount im forking out on train fairs and the amount of time at work lost, id be just aswell buying a city centre car park season ticket and petrol prices.

/rant

Stop going to train fairs then