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Reply ID 5250

Fortunately it is a long time since I had to commute on the Hertford North Line. There used to be a wonderful service from Kings Cross that ran every hour throughout the night, or morning as the case may be. As long as you could navigate a tired and emotional body back to Kings Cross you then boarded a WGC train which stopped at Ally Pally. There you crossed the platform to the Hertford train. The guard/driver asked everyone who was on the train which stop they wanted and that's where the train stopped. Sometimes at three in the morning it went straight through. Brilliant service but scrapped. Perhaps it was never advertised enough - I certainly did my bit - but in these days of traffic congestion, late night economy it would be wonderful if it was re-introduced.

Reply ID 5251

Oh, and as far as I can remember the service ran in reverse as well - but I can't recall ever landing back at Kings Cross - Letchworth, Peterborough, Leeds certainly.

Reply ID 5269

Reading used to have similar. Overnight trains from Paddington every hour, every night except Saturday night when the last train was 1am.

Reply ID 5271

With the number of busses one sees at HN on weekends I thought they gave up on trains altogether!

Reply ID 5273

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Originally posted by maxrael
Just wondered if there's an official reason why the last train to Hertford North leaves at 01:06 Monday - Friday nights, but 00:26 on a Saturday night If anyone from One reads this...

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Reply ID 5274

Hi As a daily commuter from Hertford North (that deserves a medal I think!) there are so many engineering works on our line and those on Peterborough line that they cannot fit all the rolling stock onto them.. so guess what, our services get slashed! You could of course stay up all night, go to Bar Italia for a cappucino and come back at 6.00 am the next day I guess? But we've just resigned ourselves to the fact the service is rubbish and they don't care! Try getting hold of Customer Services at WAGN. Now That IS worth writing about!!!

Reply ID 5293

you wait until you see the easter time table eng work on the wgc line which means we get one train an hour.

Reply ID 5294

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Originally posted by tsr
you wait until you see the easter time table eng work on the wgc line which means we get one train an hour.

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Reply ID 5295

If there's work on the WGC [main] line, then InterCity trains get diverted via the Hertford Loop, and they take precedence; plus because they're fast trains, slow trains mustn't get in the way and consequently get cancelled.

Reply ID 5297

Try getting hold of Customer Services at WAGN. Now That IS worth writing about!!! I tried to get a quote for my season ticket renewal..they wanted to know if Ally Pally was in London and then said they couldn't do it!! I had a distinct feeling the 'call centre' was not in the U.K[:(]

Reply ID 5298

Wingnut. You have to tell WAGN about the problem with their telephone based customer service. If you don't they continue to believe that their cost cutting exercise was worthwhile. The senior managers who make decisions that degrade customer service in order to decrease costs have usually move on by the time it becomes apparaent to the board.

Reply ID 5300

I hate to be the fly in the ointment here, but I have commuted from HN to Moorgate for the last 2 years and I have to say that though the service is annoyingly slow the trains are pretty much on time.I rarely use the trains on a weekend but Monday to Friday they seem acceptable.

Reply ID 5312

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Originally posted by wingnut
I tried to get a quote for my season ticket renewal..they wanted to know if Ally Pally was in London and then said they couldn't do it!! I had a distinct feeling the 'call centre' was not in the U.K[:(]

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Reply ID 5314

From 1986 to 2000 I commuted from Broxbourne and Cheshunt and believe me for all the problems there are, the service IS better than it was 20 years ago. Back in '86 you would stand on the platform and wonder if the train would arrive at all.