Railway travel delayed because of sunshine!

So, you thought trains you travel on, coming back to Hastings from London, have trouble with wet leaves on the line, or ice, but now South Eastern are complaining about sunshine, which will obviously delay your service... See BBC website.  

Just supply the drivers with quality shades!  

Southern: There may be trouble ahead...

Southern Rail workers, members of RMT, have voted to begin a 5-day strike to begin at 17.00 hours on Sunday 12th July, so be careful regarding travel plans, also noting that they have voted to ban overtime that weekend (10th to 12th). 

For more information, see the BBC.   

Railway service to Hastings, oh no...

Don't hold your breath, if you're waiting for a faster service to London from Hastings, we're not even mentioned in Network Rail upgrades, and, locally, we continue to have the worst railway service in the country, with Southern Railway coming out with the lowest satisfaction rating in the latest rail passenger satisfaction survey! 

For more information and analysis, see the BBC.  

Oh dear... Rail chaos today!

Not the day to chose to visit London by rail from Hastings, thankfully I didn't, but thousands had to leave trains in between Wandsworth Common and Clapham Junction on the line to Victoria, due to a power cut, see website for further details. 

Rail (dis) Satisfaction!

Going back to one of my earliest blogs about the railways and now confirmation that the train service down here isn't appreciated too much, see the BBC, for example... 

Steam Train in Hastings, not so long ago!

"Some of these problems can no doubt be blamed on the stresses and strains of running a progressively busy network, that was essentially built by the Victorians." I was recently talking about how much the Victorians did to build up the infrastructure of the UK, sadly not so good these days...

A bit of a moan...

Me moan?!? Well, just a bit... 

I got to the public conveniences at the Azur Pavilion about 2.40pm, on my way back from a round walking trip to Bexhill (research purposes, and some interesting stuff to come from Steve the Beermeister very very soon, ie Part whatever of the Oldest Pub in Hastings Saga), and, though during 'winter time' it is meant to be open until 5pm, they weren't! A bit much as I regularly praise the public toilets in Hastings, sad person that I am. 

More austerity cuts? Not very convenient... 

I hear you groan at my joke! 

Oh yes, and I notice that even ministers are now moaning about the Rail service and the London Bridge (lack of) 'service', not very original, they should have read my blog/rant of 29th November, shame on them! 

Anyway, more to come very soon, as I said above, of the latest installment of the oldest pub in Hastings saga, sorry, but a bit tired now, but I promise, very soon...