Topic ID 2441
Anybody any news on trains tonight? I've heard Kings Cross and Liverpool Street are closed due to trees and debris on the line. Train websites look to be getting hammered so can't get any info from there.
Reply ID 34234
Oh no, Liverpool Street is closed?! So potentially I have to get a taxi home from London Bridge! That will cost an absolute bomb!
Reply ID 34235
Keep asking around, I don't know how much to believe but our office is full of people saying their stations are badly affected going in all directions.
Reply ID 34236
London Bridge station is closed as something fell from the ceiling onto the concourse. I just checked the WAGN website which says there are no trains apart from some to Bedford and Luton. If worse comes to worse, I will get the tube to Tottenham Hale and have to get a taxi the rest of the way maybe. Damn, so much money!
Reply ID 34238
Joy of joys. I haven't a chance in hell then :(
Reply ID 34239
http://www.bbc.co.uk/travelnews/public/onerailway.shtml KEEP LOOKING ON THIS SITE ... Hertford East seems to be very quiet this afternoon, thus I suspect no trains running from Liverpool St. at the moment... Plus Kings X is closed and trains are suspended at the moment.
Reply ID 34241
I feel for you guys still stuck at work :-(
Reply ID 34247
National rail are not much help, but are saying that services to Hertford North are suspended, and there may be a tree down at Broxbourne, so services to Cambridge may be suspended. The BBC site says that services to Bishops Stortford are suspended, so it's possible that services to Herford East are ok, if delayed. I think I will go out and have a few drinks - I normally magically get home when that happens!
Reply ID 34248
FCC Site says no trains on the GN line, which i'm assuming includes Hertford North? You're best off getting picked up from Cockfosters
Reply ID 34251
Currently no trains running on the HE line, probably due to the overturned lorry on the A10 viaduct
Reply ID 34256
I think it's more to do with the tree that's alleged to have fallen on the track around Broxbourne.
Reply ID 34259
quote:It is trees that are causing the problem, I've also just heard that KX has been closed due to the number of people crowding in.
Originally posted by steven
I think it's more to do with the tree that's alleged to have fallen on the track around Broxbourne.
Reply ID 34262
The Victoria Line seems to be working OK. I'm trying to decide whether to get the tube to Tottenham Hale and then maybe get a cab, or to just wait until later and try to get a train from Moorgate or Liverpool Street [V]
Reply ID 34263
Other half couldn't get trains from Liverpool St or Kings X to Hertford, but has got on a Thameslink (or whatever they are called now) train to St Albans, and he's getting a bus or taxi back from there.
Reply ID 34264
Oh, OK thanks, good tip. Any idea what station those trains are running from?
Reply ID 34265
Bit long winded, but the latest on the tubes.......... Last updated: Thursday 18 January 2007 17:21.59 (GMT) Victoria line The Victoria Line has minor delays in both directions. This will affect journeys from 07:05 on 18/01/07 until further notice. This is due to earlier signalling problems at Brixton Station. Message Received: 18/1/2007 7:05:11 AM Hammersmith & City line The Hammersmith & City Line has severe delays in both directions. This will affect journeys from 10:38 on 18/01/07 until further notice. This is due to a signal failure at Monument Station. LUL tickets will be accepted on local bus services within zone 1. Message Received: 18/1/2007 10:38:31 AM Circle line The Circle Line has a suspended service clockwise only. This will affect journeys from 12:26 on 18/01/07 until further notice. This is due to a signal failure at Monument Station. Also severe delays are occurring anti-clockwise Message Received: 18/1/2007 12:26:03 PM District line The District Line has severe delays in both directions. This will affect journeys from 13:19 on 18/01/07 until further notice. This is due to a signal failures between Acton Town Station and Monument Station. Message Received: 18/1/2007 1:19:52 PM Northern line The Northern Line has severe delays between Stockwell Station and Morden Station in both directions. This will affect journeys from 13:32 on 18/01/07 until further notice. This is due to a signal line at Tooting Broadway Station. Suspended also between Edgware and Golders Green, also suspended between East Finchley and High Barnet/ Mill Hill due to obstructions on the track. Message Received: 18/1/2007 1:32:33 PM Metropolitan line The Metropolitan Line has a part suspended service between Baker Street Station and Aldgate Station in both directions. This will affect journeys from 14:06 on 18/01/07 until further notice. This is due to earlier obstructions on the track. Also suspended between Harrow on the Hill and Watford/Uxbridge and between Rickmansworth and Amersham, due to obstructions on the track. Severe delays to the rest of the line. Message Received: 18/1/2007 2:06:34 PM Bakerloo line The Bakerloo Line has a part suspended service between Willesden Junction Station and Harrow & Wealdstone Station in both directions. This will affect journeys from 14:07 on 18/01/07 until further notice. This is due to an obstuction on the track . Message Received: 18/1/2007 2:07:05 PM Piccadilly line The Piccadilly Line has a suspended service between Rayners Lane Station and Uxbridge Station in both directions. This will affect journeys from 14:51 on 18/01/07 until further notice. This is due to an obstruction on the track. Severe delays are occurring on the rest of the line. Message Received: 18/1/2007 2:51:49 PM South Ealing Station South Ealing Station on the Piccadilly Line westbound only has been closed due to an obstruction on the track. Piccadilly Line trains are not serving this station westbound only. This will affect journeys from 12:45 on 18/01/07 until further notice. Message Received: 18/1/2007 12:45:59 PM Ealing Broadway Station Ealing Broadway Station on the District and Piccadilly Lines in both directions has been closed due to an unsafe structure outside the station.. District and Piccadilly Lines trains are not serving this station in both directions. This will affect journeys from 13:46 on 18/01/07 until further notice. Message Received: 18/1/2007 1:46:28 PM West Brompton Station West Brompton Station on the District Line westbound only has been closed due to an obstruction on the platform. District Line trains are not serving this station westbound only. This will affect journeys from 14:41 on 18/01/07 until further notice. Message Received: 18/1/2007 2:41:11 PM
Reply ID 34267
quote:You can pick the line up from Farringdon and Kings X St Pancras, I think it may also stop at Blackfriars? If you need to get a bus from st Albans the 724 is due there at 19:07, but will take about an hour to get here from there. Hope you get home OK.
Originally posted by Jo S
Oh, OK thanks, good tip. Any idea what station those trains are running from?
Reply ID 34268
Sounds to me like a tube to Epping and a cab (steering clear of the A10) is the best bet!
Reply ID 34269
quote:I'd check on the central line before doing that, as I had a text alert at 16.40 to say that there were severe delays on central line.
Originally posted by Dude
Sounds to me like a tube to Epping and a cab (steering clear of the A10) is the best bet!
Reply ID 34270
Thanks everyone, I'm about to set off so hopefully it won't be too nightmarish.
Reply ID 34273
Apparently there are shuttle buses running from Finsbury Park to Hertford North. All One trains are suspended for the rest of the evening to Hertford East, Stansted and Bishops Stortford [:(]
Reply ID 34275
quote:Mr T is stranded in Peterborough, half way home. From the tannoy I heard violence on the Train. No cabs available and limited Hotel rooms. My thoughts are with those stranded but as long as they are safe, that is the main thing.
Originally posted by Jo S
Apparently there are shuttle buses running from Finsbury Park to Hertford North. All One trains are suspended for the rest of the evening to Hertford East, Stansted and Bishops Stortford [:(]
Reply ID 34278
Good luck to everyone trying to get home. I was lucky enough to get a lift - came home through the lanes.
Reply ID 34284
the advent of the satnav is a nightmare for taking shortcuts now, as everyone is on their TomTom trying to trim 5 mins off their journey, causing near-misses because they try and re-route whilst driving. It was carnage coming back from cockfosters and I managed to cut most of the A414 out by staying on the B158. I just hope the trains are running in the morning! Hope you all get home OK
Reply ID 34285
Just picked my daughter up from Hatfield station , allegedly it was the 1st train out of town on that line since 2ish . Driving to Hatfield along the A414 , it was gridlocked in opposite direction from the Cole Green roundabout back to Hertford . Came back via Essendon and the Lower Hatfield Road , road empty , what a great feeling that was [^]
Reply ID 34289
Nothing on the FCC website yet, but has anyone heard anything about trains from Hertford North in the morning? I'm not clear what/where the problems were for that line, so don't know if they're resolvable by morning.
Reply ID 34290
quote:Thanks for this, Donostia, I've been anxiously following this thread as my husband's at a work event in London and will be trying to get a train home to somewhere in Herts later! There's nothing on the FCC website to say there are any trains to Hatfield, which would be far easier for me to get him from than Stevenage or Cockfosters. Did your daughter get a train from Kings X? Do you know if any more are running to Hatfield? [?]
Originally posted by Donostia
Just picked my daughter up from Hatfield station , allegedly it was the 1st train out of town on that line since 2ish . [^]
Reply ID 34293
Yes Rachel , she did get on at KX , said it was so packed and unruly that the police were loading a carriage at a time . Sorry , have no idea about later trains , but it was the only one on the screen at Hatfield .
Reply ID 34294
quote:Thank you. Looks like my old man will be coming back to Stevenage then. There is a shuttle bus, allegedly, from Stev to Hertford but I'll go and pick him up anyway. If anyone reading this knows of anyone who'd like a lift from Stev to Hertford when the last train (22.40 from Kings Cross) gets in, email me and we'll exchange mobile numbers.
Originally posted by Donostia
Yes Rachel , she did get on at KX , said it was so packed and unruly that the police were loading a carriage at a time . Sorry , have no idea about later trains , but it was the only one on the screen at Hatfield .
Reply ID 34295
http://www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk/pages/default.aspx Damage to oerhead lines on Hertford Loop. Will give it a go tomorrow but I won't bust a gut trying to get in to work.
Reply ID 34297
quote:Me neither, to be honest it would be absolute godsend for me to to have to got back into London tomorrow, as I've only just got home after leaving work at 6.45pm [B)] Rachel - there are replacement bus services operating from Finsbury Park tube station to Hertford North, and other locations including Stevenage. That's how I just got home. It did take quite a while, but it is well organised and at least you do get home!
Originally posted by JohnSmith
http://www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk/pages/default.aspx Damage to oerhead lines on Hertford Loop. Will give it a go tomorrow but I won't bust a gut trying to get in to work.
Reply ID 34298
I think her train was scheduled to be 1st stop Stevenage but made additional stops at Potters Bar and Hatfield because of the circumstances , never know your luck on the 22.40 !
Reply ID 34299
£35 taxi from Ally Pally, so much conflicting advice from web site, phone line..even tried the on platform info point which only connected me to the police! anyway at least I'm home now..think I might just be rather late in tomorrow[;)]
Reply ID 34300
Well thanks ONE. Trains take you to Cheshunt, and then.... nothing. No buses or any formal transport at all. If your plane is cancelled, you get a hotel or alternative transport. For 3 grand a year, we use public transport (as requested by the government) and get - nothing. Sweet F.A.
No, not quite true - I get my £4 voucher for the train not running.
Where the hell is the disaster planning? How come Hertford North get buses? Right, I am going before I become disgusted of Tunbridge Wells Hertford....
Reply ID 34302
My husband's train from Kings X has got as far as Finsbury Park and has been stopped there for over an hour. Reading Jo S's post, I wonder if he'd have been better off with the replacement bus service, as it's unclear when and if the train will stop at Hatfield or Welwyn before Stevenage. [:(] I am worried that, as he has been at a work-related social event and had a bit to drink, he will fall asleep and end up in Peterborough! [|)] I'll keep ringing him to keep him awake, which I'm sure will be welcomed by all the other passengers crammed into the carriage![:)] One good thing about occasions like this, when the entire rail infrastructure collapses after a gale which was predicted well in advance, is that I can enjoy feeling smug about my choice to downshift and work locally. [^] Although unlike all you commuters, I have no excuse not to be at work bright and early tomorrow! and right now I'm shattered with still no idea of when I'll get to bed [xx(]
Reply ID 34323
quote:
Originally posted by Rachel
My husband's train from Kings X has got as far as Finsbury Park and has been stopped there for over an hour. Reading Jo S's post, I wonder if he'd have been better off with the replacement bus service, as it's unclear when and if the train will stop at Hatfield or Welwyn before Stevenage. [:(] I am worried that, as he has been at a work-related social event and had a bit to drink, he will fall asleep and end up in Peterborough! [|)] I'll keep ringing him to keep him awake, which I'm sure will be welcomed by all the other passengers crammed into the carriage![:)] Hope he gets home OK. Mine is in Peterborough......... Still, I do get to sleep star shaped and not kick him off the bed.... OK, too much info. One good thing about occasions like this, when the entire rail infrastructure collapses after a gale which was predicted well in advance, is that I can enjoy feeling smug about my choice to downshift and work locally. [^] Although unlike all you commuters, I have no excuse not to be at work bright and early tomorrow! and right now I'm shattered with still no idea of when I'll get to bed [xx(]
Reply ID 34326
Hope you all got back okay in the end :-)
Reply ID 34332
From FCC this morning: DETAILS FOR 19.01.07 We are delighted to say all services are operating as normal on the TL route and the Hertford Loop on the GN route. There are however, residual delays on the GN main line due to earlier points failture. Please be prepared for some cancellations and some delays. We are hoping this will be rectified by 0830 this morning.
Reply ID 34334
quote:The Travel news on the radio is recommending people travel via Stevenage, there are cancellations on the Hertford East Line.
Originally posted by Willow
From FCC this morning: DETAILS FOR 19.01.07 We are delighted to say all services are operating as normal on the TL route and the Hertford Loop on the GN route. There are however, residual delays on the GN main line due to earlier points failture. Please be prepared for some cancellations and some delays. We are hoping this will be rectified by 0830 this morning.
Reply ID 34335
FCC have now updated their website SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS Due to severe weather conditions, all First Capital Connect services were disrupted yesterday. Today (19.01.07) we are hoping to operate as near a normal service as possible. Great Northern (GN) services We are operating a 95% service Southbound into London on the GN route. However, there are some residual delays on the Northbound GN route out of London, including some cancellations and short formations, due to earlier overhead line problems. We are working with our colleagues at Network Rail and we anticipate this will be resolved by late morning. In the meantime, there are bus services operating leaving Alexandra Palace at xx.00 and xx.30 and calling all stations to Welwyn Garden City. In addition a fast bus service will operate leaving Alexandra Palace at xx.15 and xx.45 calling at Potter’s Bar, Hatfield and Welwyn Garden City. The Hertford Loop services are operating as normal. Good luck everyone :o)
Reply ID 34342
Trains aren't currently working from Hertford East, so I'm working from home today. I just can't be bothered to go all the way to Hertford North and then have to hang around waiting. Typical service from One last night. I have to say, and I am no fan of train services), the FCC replacement bus service was excellent - very well organised and I don't know if I was lucky but I came straight out of Finsbury Park tube, got onto a bus immediately and it was very smooth from there. As opposed to One of course, who completely abandoned their customers as per usual.No surprise really, but I can't see why FCC could do it and One couldn't (or more likely, wouldn't).
Reply ID 34344
'One' were operating a train just to Cheshunt last night .. but with no connecting bus services.. .thus the taxi services made a fortune last night!
Reply ID 34362
Stayed in the pub til 9...got a train to cheshunt and then a taxi home....rather an easy journey it seems. Specially as I was feeling no pain :) . Train went fine this morning...
Reply ID 34374
Don't forget, there is the 310/311 bus service from Waltham Cross Bus Station and Cheshunt Old Pond to Ware and Hertford. Takes ages, but cheaper than a taxi (and of course, assuming it's not full).
Reply ID 34392
There are still problems on the HE line – broken down train at Roydon means there are delays of up to 60 minutes – probably a good idea to leave early today as well.
Reply ID 34393
quote:I think you mean the HE line is fine, it's the line north of Broxbourne that's the problem! [:)] All trains to Harlow, Bishops Stortford and [yet again!...] Stansted Airport are being diverted to Hertford East. No sign of replacement buses of course (as usual).
Originally posted by Spotty Dog
There are still problems on the HE line – broken down train at Roydon means there are delays of up to 60 minutes – probably a good idea to leave early today as well.