Spot on - some of the evacuations even today have been much quicker than others (the evacuation of 9K39 has been particularly entertaining - reports of just one person onboard!).
I think emergency response performance today around the major cities has been pretty much as good as resources have allowed, given the extreme circumstances. A lot of people have been very uncomfortable or stranded, but so far, it doesn't seem that there's much evidence that the industry could have worked any more quickly. VT were "well on the way" with the process of arranging rescue trains for the Euston/Camden incident within less than 5 minutes of the issue having occurred.
Some people just won't listen, or have no idea that it's a good idea to check before travelling. Still a bonkers idea to voluntarily go into London today, though.
Yes, that's my concern as well. I doubt much of this will be fully fixed before tomorrow morning's peak if the weather worsens and staff can't work at height.
I sympathise. Turbostars are grim places for train crew on a summer's day. But it does seem most fleets are affected. Some of the 700s - meant to have been tested for the most extreme weather conditions - are getting so warm that people are being physically sick.
I was told the fires were being extinguished at about that point. Evidently it was a slower process than originally thought possible!
