Comments on: Cancelled http://doctorvee.co.uk/2006/10/04/cancelled/ Not a real vee Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:47:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: SBR2: Conservatives for Independence, the veil and why the S.E. won’t be reading this « Scottish Blogging Roundup http://doctorvee.co.uk/2006/10/04/cancelled/comment-page-1/#comment-20127 SBR2: Conservatives for Independence, the veil and why the S.E. won’t be reading this « Scottish Blogging Roundup Sun, 08 Oct 2006 14:15:53 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2006/10/04/cancelled/#comment-20127 [...] And speaking of doctor’s, roundup initiator doctorvee has had some trouble with trains. It never used to happen in the good old days of steam apparently. [...] [...] And speaking of doctor’s, roundup initiator doctorvee has had some trouble with trains. It never used to happen in the good old days of steam apparently. [...]

]]> By: Will http://doctorvee.co.uk/2006/10/04/cancelled/comment-page-1/#comment-19973 Will Fri, 06 Oct 2006 11:51:52 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2006/10/04/cancelled/#comment-19973 I often get the alerts after I've actually got off the supposedly delayed train, so I can confirm that they're not hugely helpful. I should perhaps set them up for my morning train where they might be more use than in the evening where I leave work regardless. I often get the alerts after I’ve actually got off the supposedly delayed train, so I can confirm that they’re not hugely helpful. I should perhaps set them up for my morning train where they might be more use than in the evening where I leave work regardless.

]]> By: Steve Hill http://doctorvee.co.uk/2006/10/04/cancelled/comment-page-1/#comment-19819 Steve Hill Wed, 04 Oct 2006 19:30:09 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2006/10/04/cancelled/#comment-19819 I was loitering for the 08:45 to Dalmeny this AM - ended up getting a Taxi. Surely after 45 minutes, it is patently obvious they are not going to fix it, and should have men with flags out to signal the trains the old fashioned way. This is all down to a company running the trains, another the infrastructure, and another contracted to do the work at Haymarket. Nobody talks to each other, and nobody with a local site background is there to make sure JCBs don't dig up the signalling infrastructure! Well, this saves a rant on my own blog. I was loitering for the 08:45 to Dalmeny this AM – ended up getting a Taxi. Surely after 45 minutes, it is patently obvious they are not going to fix it, and should have men with flags out to signal the trains the old fashioned way.

This is all down to a company running the trains, another the infrastructure, and another contracted to do the work at Haymarket. Nobody talks to each other, and nobody with a local site background is there to make sure JCBs don’t dig up the signalling infrastructure!

Well, this saves a rant on my own blog.

]]> By: doctorvee http://doctorvee.co.uk/2006/10/04/cancelled/comment-page-1/#comment-19793 doctorvee Wed, 04 Oct 2006 13:13:35 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2006/10/04/cancelled/#comment-19793 So essentially these text alerts are pretty useless then? Do they tell you when there are actual cancellations? Do they tell you when trains are on time? So essentially these text alerts are pretty useless then? Do they tell you when there are actual cancellations? Do they tell you when trains are on time?

]]> By: Will http://doctorvee.co.uk/2006/10/04/cancelled/comment-page-1/#comment-19791 Will Wed, 04 Oct 2006 13:02:09 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2006/10/04/cancelled/#comment-19791 "May be cancelled or delayed" often turns out to mean "not delayed", so be wary... “May be cancelled or delayed” often turns out to mean “not delayed”, so be wary…

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