Vandalism

Have you seen the cars at the Hainault depot that can be seen directly from a passing train?!

Previously vandalised cars have usually been parked at the southern end of the Depot (nearest the Station) and can be seen from passing trains.

Yeah, thats the one I was talking about. Ive always had an idea that Hainault was nice because as you depart the station its green fields heading towards Fairlop!

Its quite civilised in the immediate vicinity of the station, Clinton Crescent used to be quite upmarket before they opened up the top end, its the hords flooding down from north of Manford Way where the trouble starts. Would YOU walk along past the parade of shops there at night?

Actually I find it's the vicinity outside the station that's the grubby part. Especially the bus stop going towards the forest. Litter and dog muck everywhere. Watch yer step! And late at night enough pavement pizzas to do Dominos proud. Hainault station is let down by it's entrance - A dark hole in the wall under a non discript gloomy bridge. Shame really as the booking hall and station upstairs is really nice. Especially the way it's been restored, what with the new lifts n all......but the problem area is as you say, or perhaps was...........

............It's the road to the top of Clinton, what's it called, can't remember. Oh yeah, Robina Close........... The area as a whole? Well it's not so bad these days. Touch wood the area has quietened down a lot over the years. Most of the Hainault estate I'd say is two thirds owner occupied giving rise to some remarkable sights. A two up two down ex council house with a black and white mock tudor effect complementing resplendent beams behind the Italianate portico supported by Greek Dorric columns. In front the excavated front garden, now a parking bay to park an SUV so big the only thing missing is a turret on top with a gun sticking out of it. This to take little Tyler and Jez half a mile down the road to skoool. Manford way parade has seen, like many other areas lots of shops close. SPAR has recently gone which came as a shock when I ventured up there the other day. It's safe at night. Sometimes on grub break I go up there to NISA at around 9pm and have never seen any trouble, well not that much. Sometimes I think that trouble is as much perceptual as real and comparing it to other places up n down the land of Liz 2 - Same Difference...............

Here is an article from the local Guardian: www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/wfnews/8916543.LEYTON__Windows_of_moving_trains_smashed/

Lets hope they get caught and suffer the consequences. Although that will probably be a slap on the wrist.

There has been an air rifle shop open up in Loughton recently, and there are often kids who look like 13 in there. Makes me laugh how these places are allowed to operate.

A favourite target for an unscheduled repaint jobs is the last Hainault train when it does the mainline shunt at Leytonstone. It sits out on the track west of the station for about fifteen minutes and more than a few times when I’ve rolled into the EB platform some little scoundrel has decorated the back end. You’d think the timetables people would have clocked onto the idea and run the last Hainault through the pipe but no such luck, it’s been there for the last three timetables.

Reminds me of some of the events in the public information film 'The Finishing Line' - it's the worst direction, acting and production I've ever seen

One of the events is throwing bricks at a passing train... you can see it at blip.tv/file/4356935

and monkeys do too if they've got a gun......

Which end of the tunnel and in which direction? I would like to go and investigate seeing as the BTP are feckin' useless.

Is there really any point in refurbishing the 92ts until we've put up half decent fencing and identified where this latest array of vandalism is occuring.

Also as mentioned before but wouldn't happen due to H&S...electric fences...nuff' said.

As for graffiti tags, these are area's where bored youths are still able to jump fences and carry out these attacks which brings me back to my main point...can e have some decent fencing in here!

Not the stupid fencing that typically spawns everywhere and can be cut with a garden tool, the type with long metal poles spawning out of the ground like they have on the Eurostar.

The end of the Eastbound tunnel. This train was bound for Epping, but terminated at Leyton and went to Hainault immediately

Strange, I was travelling westbound on the central at about 16.45 (GMT) and heard a bloody great 'bang' as our train entered the tunnel towards Stratford.

Was it an eastbound train that was damaged?

I was waiting on the westbound platforms at Leytonstone, and a 'special' train came through heading eastbound, around 6pm-ish (not sure on the time). Was just a normal 92TS but with no passengers no lights, but also a smashed door window.

Also, with the not very good fencing at the moment, isn't their the extra cost of passenger disruption? Going into London last night there were quite a few problems, and seemingly much longer waits for trains in both directions.

I’m guessing you don’t work for LUL, do you.......