pethadine82
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I had the pleasure of watching the AJ and Dubois match at Wembley and used chiltern to travel, rather than using the met line which is a much further walk away.
The platforms are fairly long and when we were leaving there are not many display boards that are visible unless you have very acute eyesight, which at night can be tricky.
We knew what time our train was and had about 10 mins to go, when I heard the distinct sound of a diesel train. Given the number of people at the event (near 100k!) the platform was fairly busy. The passenger information display was not clear, it was flashing. The driver luckily had the side window open so I had to ask him, and he said this wasn't the train, it would be the next one.
Our train arrived a few mins later, again the PID was unclear, and it was only the automated audio announcement that made it clear we were on the right train.
I said to my friend you have to be careful as Chiltern go way outside London, and we could easily end up 50 miles away.
Kudos for Chiltern for providing extra trains for a very exciting night, the atmosphere was epic.
Could they ensure that there is extra screens to make things easier or does anyone know if this is planned?
Also I noticed that there is a massive space between the 2 pairs of tracks. Were there additional platforms or was there through track that was lifted? I think chilten is constrained in its capacity as it only has a single pair of tracks and there a major bottlenecks esp over bridges in the Harrow / Northolt area.
The platforms are fairly long and when we were leaving there are not many display boards that are visible unless you have very acute eyesight, which at night can be tricky.
We knew what time our train was and had about 10 mins to go, when I heard the distinct sound of a diesel train. Given the number of people at the event (near 100k!) the platform was fairly busy. The passenger information display was not clear, it was flashing. The driver luckily had the side window open so I had to ask him, and he said this wasn't the train, it would be the next one.
Our train arrived a few mins later, again the PID was unclear, and it was only the automated audio announcement that made it clear we were on the right train.
I said to my friend you have to be careful as Chiltern go way outside London, and we could easily end up 50 miles away.
Kudos for Chiltern for providing extra trains for a very exciting night, the atmosphere was epic.
Could they ensure that there is extra screens to make things easier or does anyone know if this is planned?
Also I noticed that there is a massive space between the 2 pairs of tracks. Were there additional platforms or was there through track that was lifted? I think chilten is constrained in its capacity as it only has a single pair of tracks and there a major bottlenecks esp over bridges in the Harrow / Northolt area.