Network Rail messed up at Euston!

[table38]

I love the "oh b***ocks" just before the 158/159s come through

Hang on, they still scored some 159s and a 67 so not all bad.

What was the thing that was on fire anyway? A 175?

 

[43167]

Sadly there are afew who think NR do things to deliberatly & that the railway should be run to suite them and not the travelling public. The video proves one thing, that kettle photographers dont read timetables, same with the idiot who nearly got hit by the 170 in Anglia.

 

[tbtc]

We had a similar thing happen at Sheffield a few months ago.

We were waiting on the Grand Old Duke Of York on platform five, then we heard the platform had been switched, so all ten thousand of us marched up the hill to the new platform, only to hear the Signalman had switched it back to the original platform, and all ten thousand of us had to march back down again, so I can empathise...

 

[Matt Taylor]

We had a similar thing happen at Sheffield a few months ago.

We were waiting on the Grand Old Duke Of York on platform five, then we heard the platform had been switched, so all ten thousand of us marched up the hill to the new platform, only to hear the Signalman had switched it back to the original platform, and all ten thousand of us had to march back down again, so I can empathise...

And I guess when you were halfway you neither up nor down.

 

[tbtc]

And I guess when you were halfway you neither up nor down.

We were

I blame Network Rail and hope that my 9,999 colleagues submit claim forms too

 

[YorkshireBear]

We had a similar thing happen at Sheffield a few months ago.

We were waiting on the Grand Old Duke Of York on platform five, then we heard the platform had been switched, so all ten thousand of us marched up the hill to the new platform, only to hear the Signalman had switched it back to the original platform, and all ten thousand of us had to march back down again, so I can empathise...

I never go see railtours at sheffield, just never goes right i usually just go to meadowhall/swinton/chapeltown/dore and totely depending on its route.

 

[DaveNewcastle]

. . . . hope that my 9,999 colleagues submit claim forms too

Ha hah! Very witty!

So if there ever was any point to this thread, it was just to set you up for that joke!

 

[RichmondCommu]

Simon,

Forgive me for being cynical but I can't help but wonder whether this thread was ghost written by your brother.

Network Rail are not here to serve the rail enthusiast, they exist to ensure that passengers (many of whom have no interest in railways) travel safely on the network and fingers crossed reach their destination on time. Rail enthusiasts are at the bottom of the pecking order and rightly so.

To suggest that a signalman would go out of their way to annoy fans of 34067 Tangmere makes one wonder how strong your grip on reality really is. At a busy location like Euston I'm sure they have much more important matters on their mind.

And besides, if you were that big a fan of Tangmere surely you would have booked yourself a ticket on the train? I know I would have.

Richmond Commuter

 

[Minilad]

Simon,

Forgive me for being cynical but I can't help but wonder whether this thread was ghost written by your brother.

I must admit this was my first thought.
I do sometimes wonder why certain enthusiasts believe the Railway runs to serve them, and should be run on their terms.

 

[tbtc]

Ha hah! Very witty!

So if there ever was any point to this thread, it was just to set you up for that joke!

I thought I'd try to offer something different as I can see where this thread is going otherwise...

 

[DaveNewcastle]

. . . I can see where this thread is going otherwise...

Sadly, I suspect it has already got there now -
it went all the way up to the top
and came all the way down again.
To the inevitable reference.

 

[LCC106]

I thought I'd try to offer something different as I can see where this thread is going otherwise...

grin

 

[matt]

I think this thread has run its course