Topic ID 7442
Greater Anglia and FCC have both cancelled all services Monday AM before 9. http://www.greateranglia.co.uk/about-us/news/2013/10/service-alterations-on-monday-28th-october-updated-at-1600 http://www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk/plan-your-journey/major-disruption/
Reply ID 96403
Greater Anglia website now saying services suspended until midday and FCC state it is until further notice with no indication of when this may be
Reply ID 96404
...and its hardly even windy now (although it certainly was). It does appear that Greater Anglia and First Capital Connect really don't need much of an excuse to suspend services?
Reply ID 96405
quote:Depends how many trees are blocking the lines surely. Lots of roads blocked and rail lines will be more difficult to access
Originally posted by Darcy Sarto
...and its hardly even windy now (although it certainly was). It does appear that Greater Anglia and First Capital Connect really don't need much of an excuse to suspend services?
Reply ID 96406
quote:True - but unless they try running a train they won't know. Has anyone checked? You can currently get a bus to Stevenage but no train.
Originally posted by Marilynquote:Depends how many trees are blocking the lines surely. Lots of roads blocked and rail lines will be more difficult to access
Originally posted by Darcy Sarto
...and its hardly even windy now (although it certainly was). It does appear that Greater Anglia and First Capital Connect really don't need much of an excuse to suspend services?
Reply ID 96408
Wandered down to Hertford East on the off-chance that something might be running at some point soon but Greater Anglia rep said it is unlikely anything running before 2pm at least now due to there being no power to the lines between Cambridge & London. Oh well, I did try to get into work.....honest!!!
Reply ID 96409
According to Greater Anglia's Twitter feed there are 200 trees blocking lines and overhead wires are down in 5 different locations....
Reply ID 96410
quote:They don't have much choice if Network Rail close the lines.
Originally posted by Darcy Sarto
...and its hardly even windy now (although it certainly was). It does appear that Greater Anglia and First Capital Connect really don't need much of an excuse to suspend services?
Reply ID 96414
quote:Now that's a proper excuse! I understand the power is off at Watton!
Originally posted by City Fella
Wandered down to Hertford East on the off-chance that something might be running at some point soon but Greater Anglia rep said it is unlikely anything running before 2pm at least now due to there being no power to the lines between Cambridge & London. Oh well, I did try to get into work.....honest!!!
Reply ID 96419
still seems dicey whether there'll be a decent service tomorrow or not. Lots of emergency engineering going on overnight. Good to see though firstcc have pulled out all the stops. Emailed all registered customers, great service on twitter and deployed head office to the stations to help those that can't travel. Well done.
Reply ID 96420
No service from Hertford again this morning as the lines are down between there and Broxbourne. Tickets accepted at Hertford North. http://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
Reply ID 96421
They really need to get their act together with respect to information - the service is showing as running with delays on the journey planner.
Reply ID 96422
The 0727 to Liverpool Street is running but late. I assume the line opened late as the previous train from Liverpool Street was 30 minutes late.
Reply ID 96423
There were still delays on the HN line this morning. This appeared to relate to ongoing problems on the mainline as a lot of mainline trains were runing along the Hertford loop
Reply ID 96424
Plenty of problems at HN this morning. The annoying thing is that the web site and the text alerts are not up to date. A sign of the times though..........people taking photos of the board listing trains as cancelled presumably to have to show their managers as proof.