Power supply problems at Earlswood (Surrey) (BML; 17/02/2012)

[tsr]

Majority of the delays have been caused because of weather conditions and infrastructure failures (like signal faults, problems with the 3rd rail, persons being hit by trains). Got to accept that trains will always develop faults and it cant be helped. And minor peak time delays will always happen because the service is so intensive from London in the evening peaks, a short 2 minute delay can delay trains behind that.

I may have somehow misunderstood you, but I think that "infrastructure failures" doesn't adequately describe people being hit by trains, no more than blaming NR makes any sense in such instances (not that you've blamed them). Signal failures, yes, but somebody getting hit by a train is generally no more the fault of the railway than a heavy snow shower. The same goes for serious fires near the railway but not in circumstances controlled by NR or for that matter anyone connected with the operation of the railways - and that's not to mention vehicles hitting bridges in accidents, people driving into trains on level crossings... you name it. Perhaps a more distinguishable category of "emergencies disrupting trains" needs to be highlighted in statistics used to make suggestions like "22 consecutive days of delays due to Network Rail" (not that you made that suggestion).

FCC & Southern have seen minor delays this evening through East Croydon and some other stations for no publicly announced reason, which probably highlights your last point. I'm guessing it may also be partially due to much earlier problems with FCC & SET in the London Bridge/Charing Cross/Blackfriars area, IIRC.