General Zod
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Ticket in possession was a High Wycome - Hasting Off Peak Day Return ( via HS1) with a Network Card discount applied. The price of the ticket was £35.
Sat 10th June returning from Hasting I intended to go from Hastings to Ashford International (Southern) followed by Ashford Int to St Pancras on the high speed line (Southeastern), then by LUL to Marylebone to catch the Chiltern to High Wycombe.
The 19.25 ( Eastbourne to Ashford Int ) Southern service into Hastings was 18 mins late - actual dep from Hasting 1943 ) and arrived into Aashford International 2033 which was 23 mins late. As luck would have it the overhead wires were down on the HS1 line so all the high speed trains into St Pancras from the coast had come to a standstill. We were sat in HS train to STP for over half an hour and were advised to catch the next slow service into either victoria or charing cross. There was no room on the first train out ( sunny day and seaside revellers ) so I caught the 2132 into Charing cross which arrived at its destination approx 2245. Got over to Marylebone in time to catch 2307 MYB-OXF and reached High Wycombe 2340. Journey Planners state that the 19.25 Hastings via Ashford, St Pancras and MYB should reach HWY 22.27 , hence a delay of 73 mins to my journey. The problem is from whom should I claim the delay repay ? Southern may be reluctant to settle as their train from Hastings was only 23 mins late into Ashford and the majority of the delay was caused by Southeastern. If the Southern train had been on time I would have still been delayed at Ashford because of OHL issues on HS1. Common sense and logic dicate that I should clain from Southeastern . Interesting.
Sat 10th June returning from Hasting I intended to go from Hastings to Ashford International (Southern) followed by Ashford Int to St Pancras on the high speed line (Southeastern), then by LUL to Marylebone to catch the Chiltern to High Wycombe.
The 19.25 ( Eastbourne to Ashford Int ) Southern service into Hastings was 18 mins late - actual dep from Hasting 1943 ) and arrived into Aashford International 2033 which was 23 mins late. As luck would have it the overhead wires were down on the HS1 line so all the high speed trains into St Pancras from the coast had come to a standstill. We were sat in HS train to STP for over half an hour and were advised to catch the next slow service into either victoria or charing cross. There was no room on the first train out ( sunny day and seaside revellers ) so I caught the 2132 into Charing cross which arrived at its destination approx 2245. Got over to Marylebone in time to catch 2307 MYB-OXF and reached High Wycombe 2340. Journey Planners state that the 19.25 Hastings via Ashford, St Pancras and MYB should reach HWY 22.27 , hence a delay of 73 mins to my journey. The problem is from whom should I claim the delay repay ? Southern may be reluctant to settle as their train from Hastings was only 23 mins late into Ashford and the majority of the delay was caused by Southeastern. If the Southern train had been on time I would have still been delayed at Ashford because of OHL issues on HS1. Common sense and logic dicate that I should clain from Southeastern . Interesting.
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