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Colin Rosenstiel · April 11th 06, 01:37 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article 008f01c65d42$e25a9610$6400a8c0@DAVE, (Dave
Plumb) wrote:

The pocket timetables needed re-issuing. The weekend services on the
last edition ran out before the 1 April - 10 June blockades.

A smaller insert for the weekends would have done, not discard the
WAGN ones and reprint. I'm sure WAGN wouldn't have wasted the money in
this way for just a couple of months of timetable. If the timetable
lasted until December, fair enough, but to re-issue them for a couple
of months was a waste.

I don't think we're talking of the same publications. The pocket
timetable I'm referring to is a single small piece of paper.

What a shame on the day they launched there were no trains via WGC
and
That bit is *not* FCC's fault. Typical Network rail, buggering up
both

Not arranging for ticket acceptance on their other line at St. Albans
and Elstree stations is, even as a courtesy in addition to the 'bus'.
Even if you just do it for gold card holders. I don't use the railway
much at the weekends but this is quite a chunk out of the ticket
that's a bus service instead of a train. If I wanted to do it that way
I'd have bought a 4 zone travelcard and done it by bus to Arnos Grove!

My 15 minute journey is an hour by bus. FCC won't be charged track
access charges nor pay drivers for Sunday working. NR most likely pick
up the tab for the replacement buses, while FCC continue to sell rail
priced tickets and benefit from what they've charged me for the
weekends which is a useless service!

Ah! Not a Cambridge issue then. Did you complain to FCC about the lack
of validity? The planning for the blockade was presumably done by WAGN.

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Colin Rosenstiel