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Yesterday afternoon about 20mins delay and today about another 15 mins delay... the service is awful as always. Whats the worst thing about it, is that during the strikes we had reduced service on the already reduced and awful service that awful company/gov provides to us, that now noone is complaining about the delays. We need to complain, and compensate... although obviously getting ?0.50 back because I was delayed isn't going to help me not getting sacked because am always late. Nothing is happening, Gov is sleeping on Brexit, transport minister is not getting jailed for the letters etc.

8:10 this morning delayed by 7 minutes to London bridge. Its worth noting down that guys, because its alright when the train is 8:10 just on the train station and then we enter it and think everything is alright. But arriving 7 minutes late to London bridge due to congestion outside and bad management needs to come up.

Am getting a whole mbps today as my download speed, how great is that? It feels like a dongle in a cave in the middle of nowhere would have a better internet speed than that.

Alan you are eligible to an one off 1 months worth compensation. It doesn't matter if you have already claimed back money before etc. Btw for the rest: 6:17 this morning was delayed by 7 minutes... pretty useless service I'd say.

Use speedtest.net and then use fast.com, fast.com is owned by Netflix and its a ping to their servers, so you can check if you get a higher speed on speedtest.net and then if you are getting a lower speed on fast.com it means that your ISP is throttling your connection to netflix (believe me that happens). On the contrary I should be on 170mbps and am on 20mbps almost a year now... so with 70mbps you should be considered lucky. Virgin media is oversubscribed on East Dulwich and I don't know if there are any laws about that but there should be... Its like joining a gym that can fit 100 people and the gym has 5000 members... you obviously won't be able to do anything, same happens with virgin atm.

Is there any protest going on from commuters or? I want to find more about this, we should be out on the streets protesting. Gov should have taken care of this by now its been many months and last time I checked they sank ?20m into getting services back for Southern and again the same thing. We the people have the power to change it, although I must admit we(including me) are doing nothing to change it.

Not to break your spirits, but usually they all get released etc if they haven't got caught before. Its good that he got caught and prolly the crime was prevented, but expect him to be out on the streets doing the same soon enough.

I am wondering, out of all the tax money they take, don't they have petrol to patrol areas... Seems like police officers are just sitting around the precinct until they get a call...

latest scandal... https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jan/11/rail-franchise-boss-peter-wilkinson-gave-southern-contract-client-consultancy

OP couldn't you found a better use for your installed cam? Now you just gave away on a public forum the location of that camera for some dog pooping reason giving compromising the purpose you have it for...

Lowlander Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The 1808 is more punctual than the 1711 (75% > against 67%). > > The 1711 has been cancelled three times since 9 > December, same as the 1808. > > http://www.recenttraintimes.co.uk/Home/Search?Op=S > rch&Fr=London+Bridge+%28LBG%29&To=North+Dulwich+%2 > 8NDL%29&TimTyp=A&TimDay=4p&Days=Wk&TimPer=4w&dtFr= > 09%2F12%2F2016&dtTo=06%2F01%2F2017&ShwTim=AvAr&TOC > =All&ArrSta=5&MetAvg=Mea&MetSpr=RT&MxScDu=&MxSvAg= > 10&MnScCt=2&MxArCl=25 Good to know that, didn't even know that site existed.

Lowlander Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The mornings have so far been tolerable even with > only one train an hour (I get the 0830 from ED). > > Coming home after 1730 is a gamble, as trains get > cancelled, or formed of 4 coaches and I've been > unable to get on board. > > I've then tried to get back via Forest Hill, but > on a few occasions those trains were also > cancelled, giving an hour journey time back from > London Bridge as I've gone to catch the 40 bus > instead. > > Sometimes they've run an extra train at 1742, but > tonight it seems there are no services between > 1711 and 1808. > > If it's later in the evening, taking the tube down > to Elephant and Castle thence a choice of buses > has been another option. > > My work are fine about it, but then I'm relatively > lucky to have a flexible environment... I am personally leaving with the 17:11 train everyday as I can't risk to go to the 18:08. Half of the times the 18:08 will get cancelled or delayed indefinitely. And tube to elephant and castle and then 40 or 176 takes more than an hour during peak times.

Its been more than a month now that services to and from ED have been cut by half. I'd like to hear how has it affected other people around that their work is not so open on them coming in late / leaving early and WFH when there is a strike.

I don't recommend buying from that shop at all. Here is why: My experience with Evans so far is way bellow satisfactory as well. All started a month ago when I went into my local bike store to buy a bike. I ordered the bike, because it wasn't in the actual shop and it got assembled within a day and shipped. I used the bike for 3 days and people were stopping me down the street saying that I have a flat tire on the back wheel. I went straight into the shop and the person that inspected my bike pumped the tires a bit and he said "Your good to go". A week later and after using it for another 3 days ( I use my bike only to commit to work, and I commit 3-4 times a week) on the 4th day while I was getting back from work the wheel was buckled. I had to carry it for over 2 miles to get it to the bike shop where the mechanic that inspected it on the spot said that my spokes were lose and that is a problem from the manufacturer. I asked what would I do in this case and he said that they will have a look and see if they can tighten the spokes or they will have to get the bike back to Scott and get a new wheel in. I said that I would like a refund in that case cause obviously that's a new bike and I am not going to wait until the bike gets to Scott and back, that's just bizarre. He then short of avoiding commenting on the refund case. Next day I got a call from the store that my bike has been fixed and I could go in and collect. I went in picked it up and off I go. 2 weeks after (6 days of use), I am back in the store again with a buckled wheel. This time the spokes were not lose but the mechanics that inspected the bike said it might have been a mistake after the spokes were tighten that it wasn't fitted properly. I left it in and I get an email next day saying that my bike is ready. I went there and the guy said that the bike is not 100% yet it still needs fitting and I could go back late at night and pick it up. I went in the next day early in the morning (I was busy at night) and the same guy says to me that they fixed it the best they could but the spokes are going up and down so I can ride it to work and back and do whatever I want with it and that they have ordered a new wheel. I went off to go to work, on my way it was buckled and I had to get a taxi back + extra fees for carrying the bike. While I was at work I contacted their customer service which were awful, but manage to get one thing out of them "if I wanted to resolve my problem I should go into the store". I went into the store and after reading my statutory rights thoroughly, and I asked for a full refund of the product as it wasn't fit for purpose since the start, and I have the proof of their own notes from the repairs saying that the bike was problematic since the start. After a young man inspecting my bike, he went to the manager, took a bit for the manager to come and see me. Manager came to see me just to tell me that "You are not entitled to a refund, because the bike is not at the same condition as it was when it was bought, and that's in the statutory rights". (The bike has no scratches, no crashes no dirt, no problems) Who is this guy that they appointed as a manager and he doesn't even know the statutory rights... I had to come into work and go to my legal department and ask them, had 2 lawyer looking at it and they both said whatever the manager said is completely WRONG! Anyways the manager after speaking all those bonkers to me he went off to his system saying that the new wheel should arrive tomorrow and they should fix it by tomorrow (which is Today). Problem here is that I have completely lost any trust on Evans after that... Trying to skim me by giving me a faulty bike.. trying to hotfix it without the problem being resolved, then again trying to hotfix it, and then the manager refusing to give me a refund stating that the laws of UK and the legal rights of consumers are wrong? How am I supposed to trust a company that treated me that way? I hope that helps some people out there that are considering on using Evans, I don't want to say to you where to buy from and what to do, just be cautious.