Lowlander

Ditto contact your insurers and push for them to do so. Many moons ago a similar thing happened although we had no basement to flood. The council (one of the English local ones, can't remember which) came back and re-did the pavement.

Zebedee Tring Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > Lowlander, have I misunderstood you? Are you > saying that the old timetable is being restored in > place of the new heavily pruned (and disastrous) > timetable? I'm just quoting the online journey planners - which also show a 1740 train running this week, but not next.

danielson00 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 1740 seems to have been added from London Bridge > to ED, was only 4 carriages today though! Yup, let's hope the 4 carriage ensemble was just a one-off! I got onboard around 1733 and got a seat, standing room shortly after. That 1740 looks to be in the timetable all this week then from next week the 1730 and 1750 are reinstated and the 1740 disappears. Morning trains also go back to normal.

d.b Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just read a very thorough and interesting summary > of the issues. Basically the issues go way beyond > Driver Operated Only trains or staff shortages, > that is one of many problems (and is a handy > excuse since the blame can be cast onto the > unions). > > http://www.londonreconnections.com/2016/railway-ro > ulette/ Good article. Good website overall for transport issues in general. Could be that this emergency timetable lasts for quite a while.

Well the 1808 from London Bridge train still has seats. Only 5 minutes late in leaving.

I got a number 40 from Townley Road around 0755, got to London Bridge around 0845 so not too bad. I normally get the 0810 train which arrives London Bridge 0826. Anyone get the 0730 or 0830 train? How was it?

Brooks Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This could get expensive for them: > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/09/passeng > ers-to-be-given-refunds-on-journeys-as-major-rail- > operato/ Unbelievably it's taxpayer's money - from that article: "The refund scheme is paid for by the Government rather than by the train operator, under a historic franchise deal struck with parent company Govia Thameslink."

Don't forget also that walking distances are quite short around there, you could easily get to Piccadilly Circus from that location in 10 minutes, then Bakerloo to Elephant and Castle, then either a bus or Thameslink (if feeling like a challenge) to Peckham Rye

1 Northern Line to Elephant and Castle/Stockwell then bus 2 The 176 bus from Aldwych 3 Northern Line to Waterloo, Jubilee to London Bridge, train to Peckham Rye 4 Northern Line to Waterloo, Jubilee to Canada Water, Overground to Peckham Rye 5 Treat the TfL planner with a pinch of salt From August, he could walk down to Charing Cross and get a train to London Bridge, then onto Peckham Rye, which would be much cheaper. None of these options apart from the bus should take more than 40 minutes

It's also going to affect a load of school kids and those who travel to stations south (Wimbledon especially). Not just those who use London Bridge

traveler2 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Do you work for Southern Rail? No, but I wrote that message whilst sitting in the 1750 :) You can see it ran here http://www.recenttraintimes.co.uk/Home/Search?Op=Srch&Fr=London+Bridge+%28LBG%29&To=North+Dulwich+%28NDL%29&TimTyp=A&TimDay=4p&Days=Wk&TimPer=4w&dtFr=&dtTo=&ShwTim=AvAr&TOC=All&ArrSta=5&MetAvg=Mea&MetSpr=RT&MxScDu=&MxSvAg=10&MnScCt=2&MxArCl=5

traveler2 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just checking live departures from London Bridge > via East Dulwich. Here we are: > 17.01: Delayed > 17.11: expected 17.25 > 18.08: CANCELLED Yes but the 1750 is running.

> Given the reduction in services does anyone know > if the cost in a monthly ticket will be reduced > accordingly? Mine has just run out. No, but you can claim compensation on a daily basis per journey (so around ?2 a day).

Some Southern users took out a full-page advert in The Times http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/commuters-group-takes-out-newspaper-11575925 I can see that we have more options (short walk/bus journey to Denmark Hill/Herne Hill/Peckham Rye depending on where in ED you live), along with the 40 bus; but those options are already at capacity and are unlikely to cope well with next week's cancellations.

And according to this thread http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=129571&page=23 There is a 1730 ECS (empty coaching stock, i.e. an empty train) from London Bridge to South Bermondsey...which then sits for 5/10 minutes or so minutes before forming the 1746 South Bermondsey - West Croydon service. A farce.

"During the amended timetable, you will be able to claim compensation against trains cancelled in advance or against delays experienced on the day." And you can exchange the vouchers for cash at any Southern ticket office. As a rail only season ticket holder that is...80p per journey! Hardly worth the hassle. Time to dust off the bike this weekend, the 40 bus and Overground will not be able to cope. When is this dispute going to be sorted?

On a recent trip we took cabs to and from East Croydon to get down to Gatwick, both times early Saturday morning, and it took exactly 28 minutes from Dulwich Library (roughly following Jeremy's route above). I presume during rush hour it would be a lot longer - personally I would follow BicBasher's suggestion on taking the Overground from Forest Hill (around 17 minutes)

Oh,also http://www.globelink.co.uk/

World Nomads: http://www.worldnomads.co.uk/?gclid=Cj0KEQjwte27BRCM6vjIidHvnKQBEiQAC4MzrboTD7Z9F2yQQA7f3Y5V904Qg-qddcc0l1fI5dSV2-waAhOI8P8HAQ Some insurers (e.g. LV) will *probably* cover you if you buy whilst abroad, but best to go through a specialist like above to avoid any hassle

Male urine - without being delicate, pee in a bottle/jar in the comfort of your toilet, then spread it round the garden. Fresh is fine. Foxes will shortly disappear. Very effective.

http://www.southwark.gov.uk/downloads/download/4133/polling_station_list

No parking Saturdays 08.00 to 17.00 on the bottom half:

It's unrestricted I think, it's just the bottom bit with stall markings that is no parking on Saturdays

doogsey Wrote: > There does seem to be the possibility that > management are preventing overtime and shift swaps > which is causing the recent spike in > cancellations. I really hope it ends soon. Bring > on the TFL overground already! Agreed, Southern management sent out a memo banning shift swaps and overtime: http://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2016/06/15/is-this-the-document-that-proves-southern-banned-overtime/

Robert Poste's Child Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Maybe I'm a bit confused but Network Rail shows a > service as running so I thought it must be back on > already. Perhaps it's going from another platform > or there's a reduced number of them? Not until August 2016 - platforms being rebuilt and trains run non-stop through London Bridge. Journey Planner show the tube instead, click on "details".