Random Irritations

[Blue in Munich]

So on a night with events at both Wembley Arena and the Stadium, TfL’s response to the heat is rather than cut down the speed they completely remove the Balerloo line north of Queens Park, thus removing a ton of rolling stock space and creating dangerously overcrowded platforms. All in the name of safety according to TfL’s corespondent. 🙄

 

[Blue in Munich]

Wembley Arena. Forgotten what a hole of a venue it is.

 

[Fade and Die]

Wembley Arena. Forgotten what a hole of a venue it is.

Last time I went was 1982 to see the Jam.... seemed ok then tbh.😁

 

[sam85]

I couldn’t believe the amount of people out with their dogs this afternoon in that heat- it’s hitting 34 degrees - this was on the towns Facebook yet loads in the parks

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Do you own a dog?

 

[sam85]

https://www.nhs.uk/common-health-qu...w-can-i-keep-my-baby-safe-during-hot-weather/

Couldn't believe the amount of infants I saw out between the hours of 11 and 3 today 🙄

 

[SocketRocket]

Idiots sitting in car parks with the engines running to use the air con, normally big desil suvs. I see they are talking of increasing the fine to £100

 

[Deleted member 1147]

The inability of TfL to run a railway when the sun comes out. 🤬

Wrong kind of sun !?!

 

[Blue in Munich]

Last time I went was 1982 to see the Jam.... seemed ok then tbh.😁

Judging by the way my feet stuck to it, that was the last time they cleaned the floor.

No room to walk from one end to the other, lack of toilets and I swear that when they redid the seats they made them smaller to squeeze more in.

 

[Blue in Munich]

I read there is an easy fix to the problem but it’s not popular.... cut down all the trees 100Ms each side of the tracks. Obviously not acceptable so we have to live with it I suppose.

Did that on the line close to my house. What they failed to realise was that the tree roots were providing some integrity for the embankment, which subsequently slipped.

 

[Blue in Munich]

So something built by the Victorian’s and has been criminally under invested in for 50 odd years is to compare to services built to stand the heat and designed for this? Ok then.

Basic non understanding of the politics involved really 👌

Politics has got little to do with shoddy engineering standards. I understand that the rest of the world manages in this heat, but TfL can't. But lets blame our politicians when everyone else's engineers can manage and ours can't. Basic deflection tactic.

 

[Orikoru]

Incompetent bar staff.

 

[Captainron]

Incompetent bar staff.

The Hangover after a good night out

 

[Deleted member 21784]

So on a night with events at both Wembley Arena and the Stadium, TfL’s response to the heat is rather than cut down the speed they completely remove the Balerloo line north of Queens Park, thus removing a ton of rolling stock space and creating dangerously overcrowded platforms. All in the name of safety according to TfL’s corespondent. 🙄

The bakerloo line north of Queen’s Park is run by network rail of which Tfl has no control or say over the running of ..

A further basic lack of understanding 👌 keep it up your doing fantastic 👍

 

[MegaSteve]

I had a good line of spring onions growing only to go outside this morning to find they've been destroyed... Flying rats or squirrels being chief suspects...

 

[Blue in Munich]

The bakerloo line north of Queen’s Park is run by network rail of which Tfl has no control or say over the running of ..

A further basic lack of understanding 👌 keep it up your doing fantastic 👍

And yet despite that, stood on the platform at Queens Park and using TfL’s journey planner, it advised me to take the Bakerloo line rather than the Overground. If TfL don’t understand when and where their services are running how are the travelling public supposed to know. A further basic lack of customer service.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

And yet despite that, stood on the platform at Queens Park and using TfL’s journey planner, it advised me to take the Bakerloo line rather than the Overground. If TfL don’t understand when and where their services are running how are the travelling public supposed to know. A further basic lack of customer service.

Or to keep it simple so the public don’t get confused they don’t advertise which parts network rail run of our services?

District line East Putney down to Wimbledon
District line Gunnersbury to Richmond
Bakerloo line north of Queen’s Park

Network rail have their rules which our trains must obey when on their track. If network rail stop our trains running there that’s that

Bet your the type who will moan when a sat nav doesn’t tell you of an accident the second it happens and you get stuck for a few hours whilst they clear up...

https://www.networkrail.co.uk/runni...elays-explained/buckled-rail-and-summer-heat/

 

[Deleted member 1740]

Denim short wearing hipster scruffs.

 

[Blue in Munich]

Or to keep it simple so the public don’t get confused they don’t advertise which parts network rail run of our services?

District line East Putney down to Wimbledon
District line Gunnersbury to Richmond
Bakerloo line north of Queen’s Park

Network rail have their rules which our trains must obey when on their track. If network rail stop our trains running there that’s that

Bet your the type who will moan when a sat nav doesn’t tell you of an accident the second it happens and you get stuck for a few hours whilst they clear up...

https://www.networkrail.co.uk/runni...elays-explained/buckled-rail-and-summer-heat/

I’m the type that will blame myself if I’ve failed to check the appropriate sources of information and get caught as a result but will blame the source of the information when they are unable to accurately relay what is happening on their own network. Or to keep it simple unable to provide basic customer services.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

I’m the type that will blame myself if I’ve failed to check the appropriate sources of information and get caught as a result but will blame the source of the information when they are unable to accurately relay what is happening on their own network. Or to keep it simple unable to provide basic customer services.

I will agree the service status screen can be flawed and needs an overhaul.

However your original strop was about something outside TfL’s control on 2 accounts.

1 it’s not their part of the track to make the decision in that particular area (I originally thought you were saying about the central line which had speed restrictions aswell)

2 extreme heat which as the article I posted shows that track temp can be 10-20 degree more than air temp. Slower speeds are needed.

Tfl / network rail/ lu run different levels of service and required tailored responses to each case.

A hot line in Spain that runs say a train every 20 mins will have different needs to a line that has a 2-3 min service.

Anyways we can go round in circles all day.

Your correct the status page is appalling and I can tell you that it is being looked at as we speak.

 

[Blue in Munich]

I checked your journey planner and including the delays and it said an hour and two minutes. We allowed an hour and a half as a consequence for that section of the journey which then took nearly 2 hours. That was the reason for my irritation, and finally after a load of deflection you agree that the journey planner is Seems like the basic lack of understanding was on your side all along. Have a nice day, I’m off to play golf with some forum members who turn up to meets.