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« Reply #75 on: September 21, 2011, 14:42:21 » |
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« Reply #76 on: September 21, 2011, 16:43:32 » |
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Three trains down in one AM peak - that's really awful....it ought to be less than one per peak.
The three cancellations were: 05:25 Aylesbury-Marylebone - last report arriving at High Wycombe07:46 Marylebone-High Wycombe 08:48 High Wycombe-Marylebone - no reports, so assumed cancelledAlmost certainly all on the same diagram. Not much you can do when a train fails and all your others are out in revenue earning service, so you can't step anything up. At a quick glance the service from 12-4pm was achieving a similar level of punctuality as the morning service. |
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« Reply #77 on: September 21, 2011, 17:06:09 » |
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A director??? He looked barely out of short trousers.  Thomas Ableman, as it happens, was in the year above me at university, which given that I'm 29 I reckon puts him somewhere around 30 - 31. Pretty sure he started out straight from there as a graduate trainee with NEx group and has since found his way via W&S▸ (late of this parish) to Chiltern; that would have been 2003ish so he's got a good few years' experience in the railway industry under his belt. Didn't know him particularly well when we were students but my impression was of a guy who, although somewhat intense, was very, very sharp. Edited to correct spelling of Abelman to Ableman. I really should have known that... |
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« Reply #78 on: September 21, 2011, 17:10:28 » |
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I guess it's that similar scenario where you think the coppers are getting younger. Rather more likely that it's just the fact that I'm getting older.  |
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« Reply #79 on: September 21, 2011, 17:21:04 » |
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Many's the time I've kicked myself for not taking more interest in the various rail industry graduate training schemes back then...for some reason I was fixated on another few years' study with the prospect of a bright red and blue gown at the end of it, although with the 20/20 vision of hindsight I have no idea why! Anyway, apologies for rambling around the issue, back on to the topic...
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« Reply #81 on: September 22, 2011, 13:18:29 » |
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'Nice' is one of the worst words in our language for many reasons!
Another good start to the day for the new timetable. My calculations on services to/from Marylebone this morning (0-4 minutes late at destination - today based on the public arrival times, not working timetable times):
6am-12pm: 98% 7-10am: 100%
No cancellations. Longest delay 7 minutes (1037 MYB▸ -BMO).
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« Reply #82 on: September 22, 2011, 13:36:04 » |
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« Reply #83 on: September 22, 2011, 14:17:47 » |
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0855 from Moor Street holding 'record' timing of 87 minutes start to final stop today
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« Reply #84 on: September 22, 2011, 16:26:12 » |
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Wow - that was shifting it some!
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« Reply #85 on: September 22, 2011, 20:40:48 » |
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Reassuring to see that when there are no problems, trains can keep to the timetable. What further infrastructure enhancements would make the timetable more robust when things go wrong, though?
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« Reply #86 on: September 22, 2011, 21:18:01 » |
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Glad to hear things are getting nicer and faster.
It's not just that about the advert - it's the fact it doesn't really advertise a train journey, the bit where you realise it's a train is over so quickly!! Also pointless for people in Kidderminster or Warwick where the 90 minute journey time is irrelevant. People in KID want to know it's direct in less than 2 hrs 20. Warwick 1 hr 15. No mention of business zone, wifi or nice rolling stock.
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« Reply #87 on: September 22, 2011, 21:55:41 » |
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BZ & 'nice' rolling stock are only on two trains each peak....advertise it like that & everyone will rexpect it at least on most services.
Agree with your other point about knowing its a train service, where it calls & where it goes though!
PPM‡ for Period 6 is the worst that Chiltern has ever had! 83.7% punctuality & even just 87% Reliability - which is nothing to do with the TT but a reflection on their maintenance....
Year on year, they're BOTH just 0.1% above annual targets for those markers - which sort of smacks of massaging the figures to keep them above target....another 0.2% drop in the next period & commuters will start to get a 10% discount....& not before time either. Chiltern appear not to want to compensate their regulars for the two weeks without & another two weeks pretty much without a decent trip.....
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« Reply #88 on: September 23, 2011, 03:41:54 » |
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Seriously...87% reliability for period 6? That's dire. Assuming I'm interpreting correctly, that means they've cancelled 13% of trains during the period, right?
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« Reply #89 on: September 23, 2011, 08:40:09 » |
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Right....or part-cancelled them.
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