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The GN does seem to be bad for signage at night. I know when I went up to see an ex last year I was abit worried as I'd never been that far and couldn't make out most stations.

FCC were honest and basically said we don't know if we can get you home. Thats more important that running a service and it breaks down and you end up walking down the track because your completely stranded inbetween stations. What you don't see here is the fact your train will leave London but...

Maybe these customers need to realise the snow isn't the main problem. Ice is a fair bigger problem! I didn't even bother with auto announcements this morning. Every time a customer came into the station (bare in mind this was before 0600 so not alot of people) I just did an announcement what...

We considering the offical advice is don't travel, seems reasonable as more freezing weather as it gets colder is only going to make thing worse. FCC have decided enough is enough and write off one evening to save the service the following day. In the long run it will benefit more people. And...

You forgot http://www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk/Main.php?sEvent=MajorIncident Please please please do not use TfL or National Rail websites folks. Every customer using both sites lately have had wrong information as large numbers of customers have become confused. And it has been reported...

Er the 319 are being rewired and work done on the bogies. CCTV and CIS are minor things.

Werid. We've got about 10 shovels per station (Including the underground City!) but where do you put snow in a station like Blackfriars? Eh? No-where!

From what I understand its a major overhaul of the 313 are planned in the new franchise with the 365's worked on by the franchise after that. Along the lines of the current 319 work.

Thats werid as Platform showned the GN on a snow timetable on the 7th when I got into work the night before. De-icer if its approved for use in the COSSH manual.

Be fair to FCC who took the line don't travel at 0400. people spoke said yeah but I need to get to the airport. No you want to go to the airport, not need. What made things worse is units were failing at soon they tried to enter service. Between 0430 and 0630 choas everywhere as services were...

What if they had no information? It doesn't happen as happened this morning where things were happening so fast you can't keep up. Plus you may find they were short staffed and too busy to do every job and decided sorting the problem was more important than actually telling you.

Nope its no typo guys. Was in a staff briefing a few months ago. Plan is the next franchise will see the 313 and 365 refurished after the introduction of the NXEMUs at the end of this franchise. The 313 refurishment should start around 2016. 313 replacement is supposed to start with not the...

They reopened the slow lines around 0500 meaning Elephant would recieve trains but alot of effort and running around was done trying to ensure enough staff there for customer problems before they announce it (on call manager told us it was to remain shut all day).

You all seem to be forgetting that HS1 isn't looked after by Network Rail so hence the different chrages where as Crossrail is being handed over to Network Rail once built and why Oyster will be valid on it. Also the fact that Heathrow Connect chrages for the nwer bit of track. As the bit of...

313, 317 and 365 are to remain on the GN post TLP. Only new trains on the GN side post TLP are the ones going through the TL Core. And thats if the do keep the link between GN and TL. The 313 fleet is due to be replaced in the mid 2020's. 317 will be withdrawn at the smae time I *think* and...

Nasty. Heard there was a crane involved but the main problem for the railway was gas cyclinders which some had already exploded when they shut the lines down. Looks like a luckly escape then. At 0430 the offical line was Elephant and Castle was to close for the day!

FCC have no power to put signs up outside. If they did they would be charged for the removal of them. It would be classed along with fly postering (if its called that?). FCC aren't the ones doing the internal signage (, its all Network Rail,) but I can assure you that all staff at Blackfriars...

Biggest Irony here, FCC isn't responable for external signage around the Blackfriars site. Its a pure deal between NR and TfL (streets). Both don't want FCC signs and are providing their own. (Badly).