| No trains to London 22:38 - Oct 23 with 6218 views | The_Romford_Blue |
Nightmare. Stranded and cold. |  |
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| No trains to London on 15:25 - Oct 24 with 580 views | The_Romford_Blue |
| No trains to London on 14:29 - Oct 24 by vapour_trail |
No, that was the Charlie.
Seriously rommers, think you might need new horizons. |
For anyone wondering, I’m back home now and she has obviously apologised and is currently cooking a slow cooked curry as it’s my favourite.
I get it looks bad and I probably am at fault for oversharing on here in the midst of it but we’ve been on and off for 4 years and I can’t see a world where she’s not the mum to my kids in the next 2 or 3 years.
Alls well that ends well folks.
I do wonder though if I can get compensation? More than just the £16 train ticket I mean. It’s lucky I had today booked as holiday as otherwise I’d have had to have take a day off work. Can I claim a few quid out of this to have me stranded for basically 7-8 hours. Had I taken the hotel option I still wouldn’t have been home til lunchtime today as well seeing as the trains still weren’t back sorted and the taxi firms still weren’t playing ball. It’s just fortunate that the customer service dude helped me out and made the booking from the hotel. So the taxi firms wouldn’t have assumed I was a football lout which seemed to be why they after 12 just started cancelling everyone’s bookings from the station. Insane really | |
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| No trains to London on 15:27 - Oct 24 with 566 views | The_Romford_Blue |
| No trains to London on 15:25 - Oct 24 by Dubtractor |
No way in the world that they don't have contingency arrangements/contracts in place for events like this.
The transport wasn't needed until after 10, and it will have been clear there was a chance of issues all day to have got alternatives on standby. [Post edited 24 Oct 15:32]
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Three Nottingham Forest fans were there last night sent to the hotel at 3:15am. Two were drunk and angry and the other was an old boy on his own with a massive limp. There’s absolutely no way he should’ve been stood in a train station for 6 hours, then sent to a hotel and then still completely unaware of exactly what was happening. I had to help him while I was in the foyer because he thought he had a taxi coming still back to Nottingham. Terrible | |
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| No trains to London on 15:53 - Oct 24 with 457 views | Benters |
| No trains to London on 13:30 - Oct 24 by SitfcB |
Kick her to the kerb. |
The Outrage! |  |
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| No trains to London on 15:54 - Oct 24 with 465 views | DJR |
| No trains to London on 15:25 - Oct 24 by The_Romford_Blue |
For anyone wondering, I’m back home now and she has obviously apologised and is currently cooking a slow cooked curry as it’s my favourite.
I get it looks bad and I probably am at fault for oversharing on here in the midst of it but we’ve been on and off for 4 years and I can’t see a world where she’s not the mum to my kids in the next 2 or 3 years.
Alls well that ends well folks.
I do wonder though if I can get compensation? More than just the £16 train ticket I mean. It’s lucky I had today booked as holiday as otherwise I’d have had to have take a day off work. Can I claim a few quid out of this to have me stranded for basically 7-8 hours. Had I taken the hotel option I still wouldn’t have been home til lunchtime today as well seeing as the trains still weren’t back sorted and the taxi firms still weren’t playing ball. It’s just fortunate that the customer service dude helped me out and made the booking from the hotel. So the taxi firms wouldn’t have assumed I was a football lout which seemed to be why they after 12 just started cancelling everyone’s bookings from the station. Insane really |
Articles 15 to 18 of the regulations in the attached link deal with compensation etc.
https://www.legislation.gov.uk
And here is a link to the guidance on those regulations.
https://www.gov.uk/government/
I haven't looked that closely at them but I would have thought, in such difficult circumstances, that the rail company has done all it can in first offering you a hotel and then ordering a taxi to get you home.
That is not to say that I don't fully sympathise with your plight, and that of all others affected, but I chose to book accommodation for the night fearing disruption on the railways and/or closure of the Dartford Crossing when it came to my journey home: I normally park at Shenfield for night games. And I managed to get the 08.24 from Ipswich and the delayed 08.45 from Colchester this morning. The only downside was that it was full of Norwich fans on their way to Charlton.
Sometimes sh*t just happens. And you certainly got more than your fair share last night.
[Post edited 24 Oct 16:30]
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| No trains to London on 16:11 - Oct 24 with 400 views | ITFC_Forever |
| No trains to London on 15:25 - Oct 24 by Dubtractor |
No way in the world that they don't have contingency arrangements/contracts in place for events like this.
The transport wasn't needed until after 10, and it will have been clear there was a chance of issues all day to have got alternatives on standby. [Post edited 24 Oct 15:32]
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They do; but many coach companies steer clear of it as it’s more hassle than it’s worth. |  |
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| No trains to London on 16:13 - Oct 24 with 395 views | DJR |
| No trains to London on 16:11 - Oct 24 by ITFC_Forever |
They do; but many coach companies steer clear of it as it’s more hassle than it’s worth. |
I assume getting out coach drivers at that time of night would be an issue too.
Imagine saying to your staff "you can go out tonight but you can't drink and might have to cut short your night out", and all for a contingency that might never happen. [Post edited 24 Oct 16:16]
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| No trains to London on 16:17 - Oct 24 with 383 views | SitfcB |
| No trains to London on 15:06 - Oct 24 by The_Romford_Blue |
Goes without saying really but obviously that wasn’t me who reported it haha |
Haha yeah, knew it wouldn’t be you mate.
Hope you sorted her out though  |  |
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| No trains to London on 16:46 - Oct 24 with 283 views | SitfcB |
If anyone kept any receipts from taxis you can claim it back. | |
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