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What's truly the pits is when they have an automatic voice eg. at Swindon
anouncing that the train announcement computer is "...very sorry for any
delay the late train MAY have caused you..."
Or how about the one I heard the other day "we're sorry for the delay to
your arrival in Bristol Temple Meads this evening which was caused by...."
We thought we were going to discover why we'd been sitting for ages in the
middle of nowhere, but no: "....operating difficulties".
I feel like wringing the neck of the station manager for being so
patronising but I can never find the **stard.
But...... I have to say - with my 'new deal' card it's only a fiver day
return Bristol to Oxford - and the guards are usually up for a whinge about
privatisation - they've got time on their hands as I'm almost the only one
on the train.
Tony
At 14:40 25/10/00 +0100, you wrote:
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>My train was late running this morning, becasue of high winds causing leaves
>on the track.
>Apparently, the high winds were causing leaves to be blown onto the line.
>Now forgive me for being argumentative, but if the winds are so pissing
>high, what chance does a leaf have on staying on a 3" track?? If they just
>admitted it was running late because the driver got pissed last night and
>isnt in yet, I would prefer it.
>
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>From: Neil Elkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: 25 October 2000 14:29
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>I know everyone on this list likes a good conspiracy theory, so I thought
>I'd write some thoughts down.
>
>I reckon they're winding down the railways because they're unprofitable.
>They're making it as inconvenient as possible; *every* train i've got in the
>past week has been late, and we're suddenly having to put up with ticket
>checks to get out of the station as well. It's never been this bad before.
>
>They did this during the fuel strike, too. You'd think they'd have taken the
>opportunity to convert some motorists, as it were, but instead they just
>made the whole experience as nasty as possible.
>
>I can see a day when the major railway stations are nothing but car parks
>with shopping centres attached. Remove the trains from Paddington (or even
>Temple Meads the way it's going lately) and that's pretty much what you're
>left with.
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