"Roger H. Bennett" writes:

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Once again Thameslink has been quite successful

Only if "successful" includes being the least reliable TOC in the
country, according to the SRA.


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In article , Huge wrote:
Only if "successful" includes being the least reliable TOC in the
country, according to the SRA.

Figures which were, in my opinion, intollerably deceptive.

There's a big difference between a TOC that can deliver one train an hour
with every train on time and one that delivers eight trains an hour with
every train five minutes late.

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(David Marshall) writes:
In article , Huge wrote:
Only if "successful" includes being the least reliable TOC in the
country, according to the SRA.

Figures which were, in my opinion, intollerably deceptive.

Indeed. What they should have said is that Thameslink's management will
be publically hanged in front of St. Pancras station.


There's a big difference between a TOC that can deliver one train an hour
with every train on time and one that delivers eight trains an hour with
every train five minutes late.

Thameslink publish the timetable. It's entirely their fault if they
can't abide by it.


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On 20 Jul 2003 08:56:27 GMT Huge wrote:
} (David Marshall) writes:
} In article , Huge wrote:
} Only if "successful" includes being the least reliable TOC in the
} country, according to the SRA.
}
} Figures which were, in my opinion, intollerably deceptive.
}
} Indeed. What they should have said is that Thameslink's management will
} be publically hanged in front of St. Pancras station.

In front of Kings Cross if you please. Less aestheticaly damaging.

Matthew
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Matthew Malthouse writes:
On 20 Jul 2003 08:56:27 GMT Huge wrote:
} (David Marshall) writes:
} In article , Huge wrote:
} Only if "successful" includes being the least reliable TOC in the
} country, according to the SRA.
}
} Figures which were, in my opinion, intollerably deceptive.
}
} Indeed. What they should have said is that Thameslink's management will
} be publically hanged in front of St. Pancras station.

In front of Kings Cross if you please. Less aestheticaly damaging.

Oh, I don't know. I would have thought that gibbets fit in quite well
with Victorian Gothic.

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In article , Huge wrote:
Thameslink publish the timetable. It's entirely their fault if they
can't abide by it.

Absolutely. But with such a frequent service it doesn't really *matter*.

Dave
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On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 11:38:57 +0000 (UTC), (David
Marshall) wrote:

In article , Huge wrote:
Thameslink publish the timetable. It's entirely their fault if they
can't abide by it.

Absolutely. But with such a frequent service it doesn't really *matter*.

From my expirience, the frequent service only "doesn't matter" on
paper. In the real world, Thameslink seem to develop huge gaps in the
service on an alarmingly regular basis. Also, with the MML sharing
with them, 5 minutes can miss a path, which causes it to wait for the
next one, which makes the delay longer, which makes the already bad
congestion on the service even worse.

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"Lew 1 (from the UK)" writes:
On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 11:38:57 +0000 (UTC), (David
Marshall) wrote:

In article , Huge wrote:
Thameslink publish the timetable. It's entirely their fault if they
can't abide by it.

Absolutely. But with such a frequent service it doesn't really *matter*.

From my expirience, the frequent service only "doesn't matter" on
paper. In the real world, Thameslink seem to develop huge gaps in the
service on an alarmingly regular basis

Quite.

Especially with bull**** like only 2 trains an hour northbound from
London Bridge in the evening rush, and those "all stations".


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"Lew 1 (from the UK)" writes:
On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 11:38:57 +0000 (UTC), (David
Marshall) wrote:

In article , Huge
wrote:
Thameslink publish the timetable. It's entirely their fault if they
can't abide by it.

Absolutely. But with such a frequent service it doesn't really *matter*.

From my expirience, the frequent service only "doesn't matter" on
paper. In the real world, Thameslink seem to develop huge gaps in the
service on an alarmingly regular basis

Quite.

Especially with bull**** like only 2 trains an hour northbound from
London Bridge in the evening rush, and those "all stations".

It is not really Thameslink's fault that there are not enough paths available
through London Bridge in the rush hour.

Peter Smyth

In article , (David
Marshall) wrote:

In article , Huge
wrote:
Thameslink publish the timetable. It's entirely their fault if they
can't abide by it.

Absolutely. But with such a frequent service it doesn't really *matter*.

The trouble with Thameslink if travelling from Brighton to Cambridge is
that most of the time you can leave Brighton later, travel more
comfortably to Victoria put up with the Victoria Line admittedly and get
to cambridge at the same time as using Thameslink. The times to cross
central London are dire, even compared with the tube. Ironically the seem
to keep to time better than South Central IME.

And another factor I discovered arriving at King's Cross Thameslink on
Thursday at 17:30 (on time) was that the platforms are barely passable to
the exits because of people waiting for other Thameslink trains. I know
the platforms are narrow but it was a real struggle. This seemed to be a
feature of all Thameslink platforms from Blackfriars to King's Cross
Thameslink.

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