First Crapital Connect - Lineside Equipment

[londonblue]

So my train was delayed by about half an hour this morning because of a problem with "lineside equipment". Do they not just mean a signalling problem? What other lineside equipment is there?

To cap it all i've been up with my son since 1.30 this morning and was desparate for a seat so that I could fall back to sleep. No chance. I couldn't even get on the first two trains, and just about squeezed onto the third.

Look on the bright side. It was freezing waiting on the platform this morning...oh wait...yes it was...

 

[MK Shrimper]

Plenty of lineside equipment mate - Telecoms, equipment critical to time trains as set intervals, power equipment. It's all critical to running of the train.

 

[londonblue]

Fair enough, who owns this lineside equipment? Notwork Rail or First Crapital? I.e. Whose fault was it?

 

[canveyshrimper]

Fair enough, who owns this lineside equipment? Notwork Rail or First Crapital? I.e. Whose fault was it?

MK's. :whistling:

 

[MK Shrimper]

Fair enough, who owns this lineside equipment? Notwork Rail or First Crapital? I.e. Whose fault was it?

MK's. :whistling:

Lineside my arse. The internal log shows that it was cab secure radio failure on train, so that'd be FCC. Whoo hoo! :dim:

 

[londonblue]

Are you sure? There were a whole load of trains that were screwed this morning.

 

[DTS]

I hate FCC with a passion. I share your pain having to use there dog **** services.

 

[Bluesmanager]

At least the people who repair/work on the rail lines themselves seem to have finally finished up work on the Isleworth to Twickenham line so I can see my girlfriend at the weekend without having to take a bus (London. Buses. Just no on that one. Pain in the arse.) Shame they finished up just in time for it to cost the better part of £4 mind. £2 one-way on peak?! That's me screwed on Thursdays and Fridays for the semester then, got morning lectures.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Are you sure? There were a whole load of trains that were screwed this morning.

Knock on delays, TOC on TOC.

 

[southchurchblue]

Cable theft big problem on Railway i'm afraid. Cable thief electrecuted on our line 2 weeks ago.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Cable theft big problem on Railway i'm afraid. Cable thief electrecuted on our line 2 weeks ago.

You don't know the half of it mate, it's endemic.

 

[Napster]

You don't know the half of it mate, it's endemic.

Endemic? Right word to use? It means particular to a region or people. You could mean epidemic, but that means qualifying with a noun, so maybe an epidemic problem.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Endemic? Right word to use? It means particular to a region or people. You could mean epidemic, but that means qualifying with a noun, so maybe an epidemic problem.

Yer, I think you're right.

Swot. :raspberry:

 

[londonblue]

Knock on delays, TOC on TOC.

Lying *******s.