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SouthEastern Trains - The Private Police State

Read how Railway Enforcement Officers care nothing for the law of the land, how they think they have powers they do not actually have and how they seek to bully and intimidate innocent people.

SouthEastern and the British Transport Police have been asked some serious questions. Do they have the balls to give honest, serious [...]

Stripping Train Operating Companies

If you undertake a rail franchise you must be prepared to improve services for customers, not cut service provision to try and maintain a failing business. Charging customers to reserve seats didn’t go down very well. Cost cutting on new staff uniforms didn’t go down well either. As for cutting ticket office hours, that wasn’t a very bright thing to do. The delays in December didn’t help public perception. All this appears to have been done in the name of saving money so that the franchise can be [...]

The Electron Card Mystery

Perhaps a representative from Tesco could contact me and explain clearly why I can’t pay for the weekly shop (and get it delivered to my home) with my Visa Electron card? They are debit cards so the funds are checked before the transaction is authorised. You know that, I know that. Just a straight answer. No [...]

The Snow, Its Impact And Failing Websites

Today’s planed service. Does this mean aircraft or large woodworking tools will be running SouthEastern services? Now call me picky but surely a Train Operating Company website should, by default, be accessible to as many people as possible? Have I missed [...]

English Cricketers Polled – No Faith In ICC

Cricinfo reports that “Eighteen percent of first-class cricketers in England would risk incurring a year-long county ban by the ECB to play in the next Indian Cricket League (ICL), and 35% would consider retiring from international cricket prematurely, according to a survey conducted by the Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA).” An interesting discussion about the [...]

Arriva Trains Wales Proposal Response

Remember I posted about Arriva Trains Wales recently?

Well, I e-mailed the Office Of The Rail Regulator with my thoughts, questions and perceptions.

I got a response the other day. Far better and a whole lot more informative than the response I got from Arriva Trains Wales when I had cause to contact them. So [...]