tangerinedream
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Cobbles said:
Get them reported to management eh? the dirty slackers!
train strike this weekend
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Get them reported to management eh? the dirty slackers!
PacificOcean
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Cobbles said:
Why, do train drivers usually get the weekend off?
Hellsbells
World's best procrastinator
This is the most annoying thing ever. I have a holiday planned in Scotland next week and booked all the train tickets in advance several weeks ago. 
We're supposed to be travelling back to B'ham next Friday. Are we just going to be stranded in Scotland? We can't go the day before the strike, bcos that would mean leaving on Wednesday and having a 1 day holiday
, plus losing all the money i have already spent on booking hotels and B&Bs. We can't go the day after the strike (Sunday), b'cos that would mean paying for 2 more nights accomodation!!!
If we travelled by coach, yes we'd be refunded the cost of our train tickets, but we got these very cheap and the coach from scotland is really expensive, so again we'd be losing a huge amount of money
We're supposed to be travelling back to B'ham next Friday. Are we just going to be stranded in Scotland? We can't go the day before the strike, bcos that would mean leaving on Wednesday and having a 1 day holiday
, plus losing all the money i have already spent on booking hotels and B&Bs. We can't go the day after the strike (Sunday), b'cos that would mean paying for 2 more nights accomodation!!! If we travelled by coach, yes we'd be refunded the cost of our train tickets, but we got these very cheap and the coach from scotland is really expensive, so again we'd be losing a huge amount of money
In the same boat here, booked some tickets months ago to go and watch my mate racing in Newcastle on Saturday. Seems pretty typical that the one weekend so far this year I need to go somewhere on the train that there's a strike
Spoke to the people someone on the rail enquiries line and it appears that if I cancel the trip I will be refunded for the "going up" section of the ticket but not the return as that falls outside of the strike time (Sunday). Apparently they are two seperate tickets for refund purposes. The lady on the end of the line failed to see that if I was cancelling the journey (due to reasons outside of my control) that I probably wouldn't need to return from somewhere if I wasn't going in the first place
There's always the Friday overnight coach from Victoria I suppose... 8hrs
Spoke to the people someone on the rail enquiries line and it appears that if I cancel the trip I will be refunded for the "going up" section of the ticket but not the return as that falls outside of the strike time (Sunday). Apparently they are two seperate tickets for refund purposes. The lady on the end of the line failed to see that if I was cancelling the journey (due to reasons outside of my control) that I probably wouldn't need to return from somewhere if I wasn't going in the first place
There's always the Friday overnight coach from Victoria I suppose... 8hrs
wow what total nobs!! that would make me very angry/Mitre10 said:Spoke to the people someone on the rail enquiries line and it appears that if I cancel the trip I will be refunded for the "going up" section of the ticket but not the return as that falls outside of the strike time (Sunday). Apparently they are two seperate tickets for refund purposes. The lady on the end of the line failed to see that if I was cancelling the journey (due to reasons outside of my control) that I probably wouldn't need to return from somewhere if I wasn't going in the first place
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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rutabowa said:
I doesn't affect that many trains. Someone at waterloo gave me a list of the routes the other day and there were plenty of alternatives I could take.
It might not be as bad as you think.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
I don't think the signal workers on train lines taking the day off will disrupt the tubes somehow.xes said:
ChrisFilter
Like a boss.
Strike has been called off, apparently.
pinkychukkles
Feed Your Head
So if I catch my train at 11.30 on Friday to Brizzle, i.e. half-an-hour before the strike starts, will I get 30min journey time? 
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e2a - just heard that the action has been cancelled as well from our HR drones...
?e2a - just heard that the action has been cancelled as well from our HR drones...
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PacificOcean
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rutabowa said:
You would soon change your tune young lady if you lived out in Zone 6 with only a rail connection to work.
Isn't "ONE" a bloody daft name for a train firm?
Imagine coming over from another country and not speaking English as your first language, hearing an announcement along the lines of "the nine-forty-eight One service to Brighton has been delayed by eighteen minutes and will now depart from platform three."
Imagine coming over from another country and not speaking English as your first language, hearing an announcement along the lines of "the nine-forty-eight One service to Brighton has been delayed by eighteen minutes and will now depart from platform three."
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