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- Thu 19 Dec, 2013 4:56 pm
- Forum: Rail Users Forum
- Topic: It's Wednesday so it must mean trouble on the trains
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8970
Re: It's Wednesday so it must mean trouble on the trains
Irrespective of how it is funded, the service provided by First Capital Connect and Network Rail is shambolic.
- Thu 19 Dec, 2013 2:59 pm
- Forum: Rail Users Forum
- Topic: It's Wednesday so it must mean trouble on the trains
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8970
Re: It's Wednesday so it must mean trouble on the trains
PART funded by the tax payer.. With the current government trying hard to reduce that through increased fare prices and efficiency gains. Network Rail is currently financed by borrowing money. "All debt that NRIF has issued is directly and explicitly backed by a guarantee from the Secretary of Stat...
- Thu 19 Dec, 2013 9:44 am
- Forum: Rail Users Forum
- Topic: It's Wednesday so it must mean trouble on the trains
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8970
Re: It's Wednesday so it must mean trouble on the trains
Any money we claim from First Capital Connect due to infrastructure problems (e.g. signalling failures) is then counter-claimed by First Capital Connect from Network Rail. Network Rail is funded by....the taxpayer?
- Wed 18 Dec, 2013 4:16 pm
- Forum: Rail Users Forum
- Topic: It's Wednesday so it must mean trouble on the trains
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8970
It's Wednesday so it must mean trouble on the trains
Owing to signalling problems at Alexandra Palace northbound lines are affected. Impact: Train services running through this station may be delayed or revised at short notice. An estimate for the resumption of normal services will be provided as soon as the problem has been fully assessed. Additiona...
- Tue 17 Dec, 2013 6:42 pm
- Forum: Rail Users Forum
- Topic: It's Tuesday so it must mean trouble on the trains
- Replies: 15
- Views: 20184
Re: It's Tuesday so it must mean trouble on the trains
The service on this line is appaling. I've had to put in 5 delay repay forms for the past two weeks! That is shocking. 18:11pm for me tonight from Liverpool St and i highly doubt anything will be running out of Moorgate. Believe it or not but there was. The wesbite showed the 1703 to Hertford North...
- Tue 17 Dec, 2013 4:48 pm
- Forum: Rail Users Forum
- Topic: It's Tuesday so it must mean trouble on the trains
- Replies: 15
- Views: 20184
Re: It's Tuesday so it must mean trouble on the trains
Replacing the rolling stock isnt overly easy due to the requirement to use two different power sources. You state: "FCC put no pressure on Network Rail to provide a decent service to them". Do you know that for fact or are you guessing? The article may be factually correct but it reads like a polic...
- Tue 17 Dec, 2013 4:37 pm
- Forum: Rail Users Forum
- Topic: It's Tuesday so it must mean trouble on the trains
- Replies: 15
- Views: 20184
Re: It's Tuesday so it must mean trouble on the trains
Replacing the rolling stock isnt overly easy due to the requirement to use two different power sources. You state: "FCC put no pressure on Network Rail to provide a decent service to them". Do you know that for fact or are you guessing? The article may be factually correct but it reads like a polic...
- Tue 17 Dec, 2013 4:35 pm
- Forum: Rail Users Forum
- Topic: It's Tuesday so it must mean trouble on the trains
- Replies: 15
- Views: 20184
Re: It's Tuesday so it must mean trouble on the trains
Not on the GN route into Moorgate.codek2 wrote:errm, thats wrong anyway. There are plans to replace the FCC rolling stock, new stock being delivered from 2015 onwards.
- Tue 17 Dec, 2013 3:25 pm
- Forum: Rail Users Forum
- Topic: It's Tuesday so it must mean trouble on the trains
- Replies: 15
- Views: 20184
Re: It's Tuesday so it must mean trouble on the trains
The chickens have come home to roost. Years of making do with aging rolling stock (37 years old and no new trains planned) and years of neglect on the infrastructure. On top of this there is a franchise system that allows First Capital Connect to make a disgraceful amount of money from the taxpayer...
- Tue 17 Dec, 2013 12:57 pm
- Forum: Rail Users Forum
- Topic: It's Tuesday so it must mean trouble on the trains
- Replies: 15
- Views: 20184
Re: It's Tuesday so it must mean trouble on the trains
The chickens have come home to roost. Years of making do with aging rolling stock (37 years old and no new trains planned) and years of neglect on the infrastructure. On top of this there is a franchise system that allows First Capital Connect to make a disgraceful amount of money from the taxpayer ...