Nightmare Train Journey : This Morning

[Dujon]

Hello, Gertie. When you said 'get more people to work from home' I thought you meant transport them.

That's not a bad idea (my misinterpretation I mean) provided that they have a significant number of employees.

Many years ago I worked in Sydney for a bank. For a pretty long period we had transport strikes (i.e. railway employees of the state government run network). These could be just one day affairs or, on occasion, over three or four days. Chaos reigned.

Being the dedicated employees that we were we negotiated with the powers that be for the bank to reimburse (i.e. pay for) buses to cart us all in and out of the city. The only bad point, apart from the inevitable traffic delays, was that the responsibility for the western region devolved upon myself. It eventually came to the point where all our staff knew who to contact when the unions pulled the trick, the bus companies (others did different areas to myself) knew we'd ring and book a few trips (at one point I was organising 5 buses at short notice) and the bank's personnel department knew that a bill was imminent.

It worked a treat. The inference is that, even if staff had to pay a fair fare for the privilege, might it work on a regular basis? Certainly there would be some hurdles to overcome - individuals working late etc - but, providing there was a sufficient number of employees involved and enough businesses took it on, it would surely relieve the public transport system of a significant amount of patronage. Read into that what you will.

[Bruce Rioja]

Today I've spent five hours sat motionless on the M62 after a coming together of two trucks at Huddersfield meant that the Police had to shut it. This got me thinking, would I rather spend this time stuck in my car or stuck on a train, and I really have to say that, for me, the car wins again. I just caught up on some work, made phone calls, listened to some music and did some reading all in perfect solitude. Although I must confess that I'd scoffed mi butties by 11.30

[Athers]

Admit it, you had a piss in a bottle too

[americantrotter]

Yes, but I dare say that 5 hour train delays are less frequent than traffic jams of the same nature.

[Bruce Rioja]

Yes, but I dare say that 5 hour train delays are less frequent than traffic jams of the same nature.

Not since privatisation, they're not.

[americantrotter]

ahh. I miss the British Rail logo. That was the best.

[Bruce Rioja]

Admit it, you had a piss in a bottle too

Haha, glad I was too late for my early morning brew this morning.

I was parked up by the Little House on the Prairie and I was wondering who'd be first to crack and go and knock on the door. Incredibly no-one did, but if they were charging admission to the traps at Hartshead Moor when the motorway re-opened they'd have done a mint.

[communistworkethic]

Bruce the back road through Rishworth & Sowerby was jammers too, especially up to the temporary lights at the Triangle pub. The road was at a standstill from there back to the M62, people were just taking a Sammy at the side of the road.

[superjohnmcginlay]

Bruce the back road through Rishworth & Sowerby was jammers too, especially up to the temporary lights at the Triangle pub. The road was at a standstill from there back to the M62, people were just taking a Sammy at the side of the road.

Is that pub still in bits? A truck went straight through the front of it not so long back.

[hisroyalgingerness]

reet so this morning our trains late cos of the lightning

fine, get over that. it's only work. but coming home an electrical fault at Victoriarse station means my train simply isn't moving. i had to leg it over to deansgate and missed the first (and possibly best) minutes of the england game. nightmare

[Milky_Joe]

This morning, my train between Bolton and Preston was diverted through Wigan. Apparently someone has been killed at Chorley station.

[Zulus Thousand of em]

Dying in Chorley! Bloody hell, that's depressing!