September 17, 2009 — No comments — A fallen tree, which should have been removed long before, causes serious delays and, a day later, a suicide on the line means a day spent working from home.
January 25, 2009 — No comments — Coming home from the Royal Albert Hall on Friday evening should have been easy: Piccadilly Line to Holborn and then Central to Liverpool Street and on to the over-ground. Except it wasn't. The Central Line was closed from Marble Arch to Leytonstone because of a 'passenger under a Central Line train at Liverpool Street'. Code for 'suicide'.
January 13, 2009 — No comments — So last night's trains were delayed by a person being struck by a train at Manor Park. Whether that was a suicide (attempted or successful - who knows) or someone being clipped as it passed the platform, I don't know. What I do know is that it delayed the trains leaving Liverpool Street.
Recent posts
November 30, 2010 | No comments
Facebook protest group

A new Facebook page is angling for free Underground and Overground travel for the whole of January, but what will it achieve?

November 29, 2010 | No comments
Tube map showing disruption

Today’s tube strike is just a taste of things to come with the unions promising further action in 2011.

November 23, 2010 | No comments
What does each pound of your ticket price pay for?

Rail fares are heading skywards next year. Atoc has confirmed an average increase of 6.2% for 2011, starting in January.

November 23, 2010 | No comments

An answer to my question. I’d emailed to ask what ‘poor track conditions’ means, and it seems it’s a cover-all for general rail problems. I wonder if that’s a reaction to the general ribbing the train operators got to the ‘wrong kind of snow / leaves on the line’ excuses they gave years ago, as… Read more…

November 9, 2010 | No comments

Is Orwell running the trains these days? None of my trips to or from work have been without problems this last week or so. Yesterday’s total morning journey took an hour longer than usual, door to door, and this morning it was a good 30 minutes over the usual stretch. Why? Well, this morning it… Read more…