Post by superteacher on Aug 3, 2016 20:00:20 GMT
Another poor day for the District!
Early this morning there were numerous gaps and some out of order running. At least 3 trains were cancelled from Upminster depot. Yet Good Service was proclaimed!
There was then another signal failure at South Ken, which held up the westbound for about 25 mins just after lunch. It seemed to take ages to get the service back on track, with short tripping and reformations continuing into the evening peak, some 5 hours later. Why does it take so long to get some trains back in time? Train 2, for example, was running over 30 mins late gong to Richmond, but was allowed to go there then to Upminster, so it was still late on its next westbound run.
It didn't go down too well when within the space of 10 mins, two Ealing trains were diverted to Parsons Green and Olympia, with the following Richmond also diverted to Parsons Green. Fun and games . . .
Early this morning there were numerous gaps and some out of order running. At least 3 trains were cancelled from Upminster depot. Yet Good Service was proclaimed!
There was then another signal failure at South Ken, which held up the westbound for about 25 mins just after lunch. It seemed to take ages to get the service back on track, with short tripping and reformations continuing into the evening peak, some 5 hours later. Why does it take so long to get some trains back in time? Train 2, for example, was running over 30 mins late gong to Richmond, but was allowed to go there then to Upminster, so it was still late on its next westbound run.
It didn't go down too well when within the space of 10 mins, two Ealing trains were diverted to Parsons Green and Olympia, with the following Richmond also diverted to Parsons Green. Fun and games . . .
