The Sad Case of Twitter Accounts Getting Suspended

It's been a while since I posted on this blog, as I no longer regularly travel with Abellio Greater Anglia (AGA). But recent events on Twitter have compelled me to write another blog post in relation to the company that, for a long time, were the bain of my existence.

As many of you may know, I set up the UK Passenger Voice Twitter account, which started life as East Anglia Passenger Voice, as a formal complaints system for railway customers to get their voices heard. I worked closely with the good people who run the GA Complaints Twitter account, which run under the Twitter name @Delayed_Again.

Recently the @Delayed_Again account was suspended for apparently violating Twitter Rules. The culprit who got the account suspended was apparently someone who goes by the name of Alif, using the Twitter name @ali060793, who has been making a targeted campaign to antagonise @Delayed_Again, and people associated with it, including myself.

While @Delayed_Again targeted AGA for their appalling service, but kept respectful towards AGA and their customers at all times, even when AGA had blocked the account. They conversed with and engaged AGA's irritated customers and even organised meetings with various managers involved in running AGA, Network Rail and the local railways.

Alif, on the other hand has been anything but respectful towards us and I have the screenshots to prove it. These tweets are very much so in violation of Twitter's Rules and the account should be suspended immediately.

Here are the screen shots:

And here is the Twitter Rules they are violating:

So Twitter, are you going to unsuspend @Delayed_Again and @Delayed_Again2? And are you going to suspend @Ali060793? With this clear evidence, it's clear that you should.

Thank you.

METRO SERVICES: Abellio Greater Anglia vs TfL Rail

As you lovely people may know, I recently moved becausesex to Warwickshire, so nowadays I seldom use the train service in the area. However, my family and I have come to Essex to visit my parents and siblings and to go into London a couple of times this week. Since TfL have taken over the Liverpool Street to Shenfield Metro Services under the TfL Rail brand (run by MTR Crossrail), TfL have put most of the route in the London Travel Zones (that is all the route with the exception of Shenfield itself, so all stations to Brentwood). As Brentwood was in Zone 9 and Shenfield was outside the zones altogether, it was a lot cheaper to travel to London compared to travelling from Shenfield. Obviously this meant having to use the now TfL Rail branded Metro services.

As you may also know is that until the new Crossrail trains are delivered, TfL Rail are having to use the Class 315 trains that Abellio Greater Anglia (AGA) were using on the same route. Anyone who regularly used these trains while AGA were running them will know that the trains were in a bit of a sorry state, some of them were still in the blue with white strip livery with cracking paint towards the top, the garish pink vestibules (which do remain on a few) and the tired dirty interiors. A few had been giving them a lick of white paint and red doors, with red grab handles inside.

Since TfL Rail have taken over, some of the trains have been given a refresh, ie new seat covers, muted natural coloured vestibules and new white and blue paint on the outside and blue doors, carriage numbers in the TfL typeface and the TfL Rail Roundel. Others that AGA had recently repainted still have the red doors and the pink vestibules and original seat covers, but have been extensively cleaned and are now almost spotlessly clean. All trains have had new safety posters and TfL advertising and new TfL maps and TfL Rail route maps throughout, as you'd expect from pre-existing London Underground and London Overground trains.

The only down side to the train journey experience is on the way back to Brentwood yesterday, when the train we got on had the grey with white dots seat covers which were put on by AGA and are fairly new, however the seat covers were clearly cut too big for the seats and looked baggy, it's not TfL's fault, but even the original blue seat covers fit better than these do.

Upon our arrival at Brentwood on Tuesday, we got dropped off in the car park right next to Platform 4, we used the entrance & exit straight onto the platform, a guard was there, greeted us with a smile and asked what it was we needed, when we told him we needed to top up our Oyster Cards, he happily directed us up the stairs from the platform to the ticket office & entrance hall. Once there, there were no ticket windows open, but there was three members of staff helping people with the self service ticket machines, one of whom explained to us exactly how to top up the Oyster Cards and took us through the process.

As we had our son with us, who was using his 11-15 Oyster Card, when he tapped his Oyster Card on the Oyster Card reader to tap in, it made a different noise to what we were used to. We tried it again, thinking it hadn't worked, but when we asked the staff, they politely explained that the tap in had worked and the different tone was to alert the staff to the fact someone was using the 11-15 Oyster Card and to double check the person in question was the correct age.

Once we had cleared this misunderstanding up, we made our way down on to the platform and waited for the train, when we boarded the train, a couple of ticket inspectors boarded too, one of whom was the gentleman that helped us top up our Oyster Cards and double checked that our son's card has tapped in OK. When he checked our Oyster Cards on the train, he recognised me from when I used to work at the M&S next to Chelmsford Station, so we had a quick chat, having transferred from AGA to MTR for the TfL Rail/Crossrail services.

This isn't to say that AGA staff aren't helpful because they generally are, but MTR staff do seem to go the extra mile to make sure you have a pleasant journey with them, that combined with much cleaner trains makes their services much better than travelling with AGA.

Well done TfL & MTR.

Weekly Travel Report W/C 16th March 2015

Monday 16th March

15.17 BRE to 15.49 SRA

Train: 315842 & 315805 Carriage: 64544

1st of 8 Carriages

Pulled into BRE @ 15.17

Pulled out of BRE @ 15.18

Pulled into SRA @ 15.51 (2 Minutes Late)

Temp: 17.3 to 19.9 C

Humidity: 41 to 46 %

Notes: Heating doesn't feel as if it's on. Dirty floors, what where they thinking when they painted the vestibules pink? Delayed by a preceding train running late. Seats are not overly comfortable.

CENTRAL LINE from STRATFORD to LIVERPOOL STREET

21.02 LST to 21.24 SNF

Train: 321347 & 321344 Carriage: 77896

5th of 8 Carriages

Pulled out of LST @ 21.03

Pulled into SNF @ 31.26

Temp: 17.6 to 20.1 C

Humidity: 42 %

Notes: Walked through hole train (4 carriages) threadbare seats, dirty floors, etc.

Tuesday 17th March

11.41 SNF to 11.52 CHM

Train: 360109 Carriage: 74559

3rd of 4 Carriages

Pulled into SNF @ 11.41

Pulled out of SNF @ 11.42

Pulled into CHM @ 11.52

Temp: 20.1 to 20.6 C

Humidity: 43 to 46 %

Notes: Threadbare seats, dirty carpets. Clean exterior.

21.16 CHM to 21.27 SNF

Train: 360102 & 360117 Carriage: 68567

5th of 8 Carriages

Pulled into CHM @ 21.15

Pulled out of CHM @ 21.16

Pulled into SNF @ 21.24

Temp: 17.5 to 19.2 C

Humidity: 46 to 52 %

Notes: Horrendously dirty! Filthy and disgusting. Filthy, stained and threadbare seats.

Wednesday 18th March

No Travel

Thursday 19th March

12.03 SNF to 12.12 CHM

Train: 360102 Carriage: 72552

3rd of 4 Carriages

Pulled into SNF @ 12.02

Pulled out of SNF @ 12.03

Pulled into CHM @ 12.12

Temp: 17.3 to 19.8 C

Humidity: 42 to 44 %

Notes: Dirty floors, faded seat backs.

21.16 CHM to 21.27 SNF

Train: 360105 & 360117 Carriage: 68567

5th of 8 Carriages

Pulled into CHM @ 21.15

Pulled out of CHM @ 21.16

Pulled into SNF @ 21.24

Temp: 16.9 to 18.8 C

Humidity: 42 to 46 %

Notes: Papers everywhere, threadbare seats, dirty floors.

Friday 20th March

12.03 SNF to 12.12 CHM

Train: 360102 Carriage: 72552

3rd of 4 Carriages

Pulled into SNF @ 12.01

Pulled out of SNF @ 12.02

Pulled into CHM @ 12.11

Temp: 17.8 to 19.0 C

Humidity: 40 to 42 %

Notes: Dirty interior, 2 AGA staff taking up 6 seats.

20.56 CHM to 21.08 SNF

Train: 360110/112 Carriage: 68562

5th of 8 Carriages

Pulled into CHM @ 21.08

Pulled out of CHM @ 21.09

Pulled into SNF @ 21.19 (11 Minutes Late - Got to SNF 8 Minutes earlier than normal)

Temp: 18.2 C

Humidity: 44 to 45 %

Notes: Got this train as trains are delayed by a signal or points failure at Ipswich. Carriage number partly missing from first class area. Dirty floors, faded seat backs.

Saturday 21st March

10.27 SNF to 10.33 BIC

Train: 321429 & 321423 Carriage: 77965

5th of 8 Carriages

Pulled into SNF @ 10.25

Pulled out of SNF @ 10.27

Pulled into BIC @ 10.33

Temp: 17.9 to 18.5 C

Humidity: 41 to 42 %

Notes: Grey/Red, dirty floors, driver sounds quite cheerful this morning.

10.40 BIC to 11.07 CHM

Bus Registration: EU63CVP

Bus Company: Stephenson's 

Bus Number: 205

Pulled out of BIC @ 10.39

Pulled into CHM @ 11.06

Temp: 18.3 to 21.1 C

Humidity: 40 to 46 %

Notes: Clean and tidy, as usual.

20.08 CHM to 20.35 BIC

Bus Registration: EU63CVP

Bus Company: Stephenson's 

Bus Number: 205

Pulled out of CHM @ 20.08

Pulled into BIC @ 20.33

Temp: 17.5 to 19.5 C

Humidity: 45 to 47 %

Notes: Clean and tidy.

20.45 BIC to 20.52 SNF

Train: 321444, 321423 & 321429 Carriage: 78123

9th of 12 Carriages

Pulled into BIC @ 20.41

Pulled out of BIC @ 20.45

Pulled into SNF @ 20.51

Temp: 18.1 to 18.2 C

Humidity: 40 to 41 %

Notes: Red/Grey, can't see much dirt on the seats, dirty floors, traction issues on acceleration.

Sunday 22nd March

10.23 SNF to 10.59 LST

Train: 321352 & 321349 Carriage: 78087

5th of 8 Carriages

Pulled into SNF @ 10.21

Pulled out of SNF @ 10.23

Pulled into LST @ 10.58

Temp: 19.1 to 21.4 C

Humidity: 39 to 40 %

Notes: Green/Blue. Dirty floors, threadbare seats.

LIVERPOOL STREET to EUSTON SQUARE on METROPOLITAN LINE

12.20 EUS to 13.22 COV (Virgin Trains West Coast service)

Train: 390157 Carriage: 69957

Pre-booked seat B14

2nd of 11 Carriages

Pulled out of EUS @ 12.20

Pulled into COV @ 13.19

Temp: 16.4 to 25.7 C

Humidity: 27 to 41 %

Notes: Clean and tidy as usual.

13.46 COV to 13.57 BEH (London Midland service)

Train: 153375 Carriage: 57375

1 Carriage

Pulled into COV @ Already there.

Pulled out of COV @ 13.48

Pulled into BEH @ 13.58 (1 Minute Late)

Temp: 18.2 to 19.4 C

Humidity: 31 to 35 %

Notes: Half the lights not on. Otherwise, slightly dirty carpet but clean seats. Left COV slightly late to let a Pendolino pull into Platform 2.

General Notes:

Quite a good week for delays, one was on a London Midland service. AGA trains have their usual uncleanliness and threadbare look.

Station Codes:

BRE = Brentwood, SRA = Stratford (London), LST = London Liverpool Street, SNF = Shenfield, CHM = Chelmsford, EUS = London Euston, COV = Coventry, BEH = Bedworth

Weekly Travel Report W/C 9th March 2015

Monday 9th March
See Special Travel Report Here

Tuesday 10th March
12.03 SNF to 12.12 CHM
Train: 360113 Carriage: 74563
2nd of 4 Carriages
Pulled into SNF @ 12.01
Pulled out of SNF @ 12.03
Pulled into CHM @ 12.12
Temp: 17.1 to 18.6 C
Humidity: 42 to 45 %
Notes: Papers on the floor, dirty, torn, threadbare seats. Dirty windows.

21.16 CHM to 21.27 SNF
Train: 360102 & 360120 Carriage: 65570
5th of 8 Carriages
Pulled into CHM @ 21.15
Pulled out of CHM @ 21.16
Pulled into SNF @ 21.24
Temp: 17.7 to 19.7 C
Humidity: 44 %
Notes: Papers everywhere, threadbare seats.

Wednesday 11th March
12.03 SNF to 12.12 CHM
Train: 360105 Carriage: 74555
3rd of 4 Carriages
Pulled into SNF @ 12.02
Pulled out of SNF @ 12.04
Pulled into CHM @ 12.14 (2 Minutes Late)
Temp: 20.5 to 21.8 C
Humidity: 41 to 42 %
Notes: Exterior recently cleaned (shock horror), recently cleaned seats, still threadbare. Dirty floors.

21.16 CHM to 21.27 SNF
Train: 360111& 360104 Carriage: 65554
5th of 8 Carriages
Pulled into CHM @ 21.15
Pulled out of CHM @ 21.16
Pulled into SNF @ 21.27
Temp: 17.7 to 19.6 C
Humidity: 41 to 43 %
Notes: Dirty floors and seats.

Thursday 12th March
12.03 SNF to 12.12 CHM
Train: 360105 Carriage: 74555
3rd of 4 Carriages
Pulled into SNF @ 12.03
Pulled out of SNF @ 12.05
Pulled into CHM @ 12.12
Temp: 17.7 to 20.2 C
Humidity: 38 to 41 %
Notes: Exterior cleaned, stained floors, recently cleaned seats

21.16 CHM to 21.27 SNF
Train: 360109 & 360116 Carriage: 68566
5th of 8 Carriages
Pulled into CHM @ 21.15
Pulled out of CHM @ 21.16
Pulled into SNF @ 21.25
Temp: 17.5 to 19.5 C
Humidity: 40 to 46 %
Notes: Threadbare seats, dirty floors.

Friday the 13th (March) What could possibly go wrong?
11.41 SNF to 11.52 CHM
Train: 360113 Carriage: 74563
2nd of 4 Carriages
Pulled into SNF @ 11.46
Pulled out of SNF @ 11.47
Pulled into CHM @ 11.57 (5 Minutes Late)
Temp: 20.1 to 20.4 C
Humidity: 37 to 40 %
Notes: Dirty floors and threadbare seats.

21.16 CHM to 21.27 SNF
Train: 360120 & 360112 Carriage: 65562
5th of 8 Carriages
Pulled into CHM @ 21.14
Pulled out of CHM @ 21.16
Pulled into SNF @ 21.25
Temp: 17.8 to 19.5 C
Humidity: 46 to 53 %
Notes: Dirty floors and seats.

Saturday 14th March
10.27 SNF to 10.33 BIC
Train: 321439 & 321447 Carriage: 78159
4th of 8 Carriages
Pulled into SNF @ 10.25
Pulled out of SNF @ 10.27
Pulled into BIC @ 10.32
Temp: 12.3 to 12.7 C
Humidity: 42 to 44 %
Notes: Green seats, blue grab handles. Dirty floors and seats.

10.40 BIC to 11.07 CHM
Bus Registration: EU64CYP
Bus Company: Stephenson's
Bus Number: 205
Pulled out of BIC @ 10.39
Pulled into CHM @ 11.06
Temp: 12.9 to 15.1 C
Humidity: 44 to 47 %
Notes: Already ready to go, clean, but feels really cold.

20.08 CHM to 20.35 BIC
Bus Registration: EU64CYP
Bus Company: Stephenson's
Bus Number: 205
Pulled out of CHM @ 20.08
Pulled into BIC @ 20.32
Temp: 17.1 to 18.8 C
Humidity: 40 to 42 %
Notes: Clean and tidy.

20.45 BIC to 20.52 SNF
Train: 321424, 321447 & 321439 Carriage: 78159
9th of 12 Carriages
Pulled into BIC @ 20.43
Pulled out of BIC @ 20.45
Pulled into SNF @ 20.51
Temp: 18.1 to 18.2 C
Humidity: 39 %
Notes: Dirty seats & Floors

Sunday 15th March
09.21 SNF to 09.27 BIC
Train: 321301 Carriage: 78049
4 of 4 Carriages
Pulled into SNF @ 09.20
Pulled out of SNF @ 09.21
Pulled into BIC @ 09.27
Temp: 15.5 to 15.8 C
Humidity: 39 to 45 %
Notes:Green seats, blue grab handles, dirty floors and worn seats

09.43 BIC to 10.10 CHM
Bus Registration: EU13EBL
Bus Company: Stephenson's
Bus Number: 205
Pulled out of BIC @ 09.43
Pulled into CHM @ 10.05
Temp: 14.9 to 18.4 C
Humidity: 42 to 49 %
Notes: Generally clean and tidy.

19.29 CHM to 19.55 BIC
Bus Registration: EX13UZW
Bus Company: Stephenson's
Bus Number: 206
Pulled out of CHM @ 19.29
Pulled into BIC @ 19.51
Temp: 17.5 to 19.2 C
Humidity: 42 to 47 %
Notes: Generally clean and tidy

20.04 BIC to 20.11 SNF
Train: 321366/359 Carriage: 72003
7th of 8 Carriages
Pulled into BIC @ 19.58
Pulled out of BIC @ 20.04
Pulled into SNF @ 20.10
Temp: 16.4 to 18.0 C
Humidity: 41 to 45 %
Notes: Green/Blue, dirty floors and seats.

General Notes:

Total of just 7 minutes late on 2 journey's so not a bad week for punctuality. Class 321 trains generally need their thermostat's looking at to make sure they operate at a comfortable temperature, but other than the usual complaints about cleanliness, shouldn't complain too much. Most of the Class 360 trains look like they've had their exteriors cleaned lately. I wonder how long they will stay clean and how often they will clean them.

Look at how clean 360102 was on 12th March!

It probably won't last, but it's nice to see it when it does happen.

Trip Home from Bedworth 9th March

London Midland

20.22 BEH to 20.34 COV

Train: 153375 Carriage: 57375

Single Carriage

Pulled into BEH @ 20.19

Pulled out of BEH @ 20.22

Pulled into COV @ 20.34

Temp: 16.3 to 18.2 C

Humidity: 48 to 52 %

Notes: Little bit of rubbish, but otherwise clean and tidy.

Virgin Trains (West Coast)

21.11 COV to 22.13 EUS

Prebooked Seat Coach C, Seat 1

Train: 390049 Carriage: 69849

7th of 9 Carriages

Pulled into COV @ 21.09

Pulled out of COV @ 21.11

Pulled into EUS @ 22.13

Temp: 16.2 to 23.8 C

Humidity: 42 to 52 %

Notes: Clean and tidy.

London Underground

Northern Line EUS to MOG, Metropolitan Line MOG to LST.

Abellio Greater Anglia

23.02 LST to 23.31 SNF

Train: 321330 & 321366 Carriage: 63004

3rd of 8 Carriages

Pulled out of LST @ 23.02

Pulled into SNF @ 23.30

Temp: 18.5 to 22.9 C

Humidity: 45 to 49 %

Notes: Floors a bit dirty, seats threadbare and knackered. Feels like there is traction issues. Doors making an awful noise, worse than normal on a 321.

General Notes:

No issues with tonight's journey at all, AGA's train was in it's usual state of cleanliness, and showed up a lot by VTWC and London Underground. It does make you wonder how Underground trains can remain clean with how frequently they run, but AGA can't manage to keep their trains clean. More cleaners maybe? It's not difficult.

Station Codes

BEH = Bedworth, COV = Coventry, EUS = London Euston, MOG = Moorgate, LST = London Liverpool Street, SNF = Shenfield

Journey to Bedworth 8th March

First Essex Buses

10.02 PL to 10.23 SNF

Service: 80A - Bus Reg/Fleet No: YX13AKK 44547

Pulled into PL @ 10.05

Pulled out of PL @ 10.07

Pulled into SNF @ 10.26 (3 Minutes Late)

Temp: 18.3 to 19.8 C

Humidity: 43 to 45 %

Notes: Dirty floors, clean seats.

Abellio Greater Anglia

10.41 SNF to 11.14 LST

Train: 321359/312 Carriage: 78061 (First Class)

5th of 8 Carriages

Pulled into SNF @ 10.40

Pulled out of SNF @ 10.42

Pulled into LST @ 11.14

Temp: 18.1 to 20.5 C

Humidity: 44 to 45 %

Notes: Dirty floors, even in First Class! Heating not on, but not an issue today, I had First Class to myself, but looking at it's condition, it's no surprise that people aren't stupid enough to book First Class on AGA trains.

London Underground

Got Central Line from LST to Bank and Northern Line from Bank to EUS, both trains were clean and tidy and not overly crowded.

Virgin Trains (West Coast)

12.20 EUS to 13.22 COV

Prebooked Seat Coach H, Seat 24 (First Class)

Train: 390040 Carriage: 69540

7th of 9 Carriages

Pulled out of EUS @ 12.20

Pulled into COV @ 13.16

Temp: 21.1 to 23.1 C

Humidity: 42 to 46 %

Notes: Superbly clean and tidy! As you'd expect from Virgin Trains (West Coast)

London Midland

13.46 COV to 13.57 BEH

Train: 153365 Carriage: 57365

Single Carriage

Pulled out of COV @ 13.47

Pulled into BEH @ 13.58 (2 Minutes Late)

Temp: 20.1 to 22.4 C

Humidity: 42 to 49 %

Notes: A little bit of rubbish but otherwise clean.

General Notes:

It was a relatively relaxing journey to Bedworth, First Class was a good choice, for the Virgin Trains leg anyway. It cost me an extra £3,55 compared to a Standard Class ticket, which was well worth it as I got to use the First Class Lounge at Euston, which has complimentary snacks and drinks, I also got the snack box on the train, as pictured above, which was worth the extra money in itself. And that's not forgetting the additional complimentary can of Pepsi Max on the train and free use of the WiFi on the train and in the lounge.

Train Station/Bus Stop Codes:

PL = Pondfield Lane Bus Stop, SNF = Shenfield, LST = London Liverpool Street, EUS = London Euston, COV = Coventry & BEH = Bedworth.

Weekly Travel Report W/C 2nd March 2015

Monday 2nd March

No Travel

Tuesday 3rd March

11.41 SNF to 11.52 CHM

Train: 360110 Carriage: 74560

2nd of 4 Carriages

Pulled into SNF @ 11.44

Pulled out of SNF @ 11.45

Pulled into CHM @ 11.54 (2 Minutes Late)

Temp: 18.4 to 19.1 C

Humidity: 40 to 42 %

Notes: Dirty floors, cleanish seats. No announcements. Still saying next stop Stratford on info screens.

21.16 CHM to 21.27 SNF

Train: 360105 & 360121 Carriage: 68571

5th of 8 Carriages

Pulled into CHM @ 21.15

Pulled out of CHM @ 21.16

Pulled into SNF @ 21.24

Temp: 16.5 to 18.9 C

Humidity: 38 to 42 %

Notes: Oh what a shocker, it's filthy.

Wednesday 4th March

11.41 SNF to 11.52 CHM

Train: 360113 Carriage: 65563

1st of 4 Carriages

Pulled into SNF @ 11.48

Pulled out of SNF @ 11.49

Pulled into CHM @ 11.59 (7 Minutes Late)

Temp: 14.3 to 18.2 C

Humidity: 39 to 42 %

Notes: Dirty floors and seats.

21.16 CHM to 21.27 SNF

Train: 360114 & 360103 Carriage: 68553

5th of 8 Carriages

Pulled into CHM @ 21.15

Pulled out of CHM @ 21.16

Pulled into SNF @ 21.24

Temp: 16.7 to 18.9 C

Humidity: 39 to 43 %

Notes: Dirty, threadbare seats, dirty floors.

Thursday 5th March

12.03 SNF to 12.12 CHM

Train: 360113 Carriage: 74563

3rd of 4 Carriages

Pulled into SNF @ 12.06

Pulled out of SNF @ 12.07

Pulled into CHM @ 12.15 (3 Minutes Late)

Temp: 15.3 to 18.1 C

Humidity: 39 to 41 %

Notes: Dirty floors, dirty threadbare seats.

21.16 CHM to 21.27 SNF

Train: 360105 & 360117 Carriage: 65567

5th of 8 Carriages

Pulled into CHM @ 21.15

Pulled out of CHM @ 21.16

Pulled into SNF @ 21.25

Temp: 16.5 to 19.4 C

Humidity: 43 to 49 %

Notes: Unknown thing stuck to a seat, besides that, the usual threadbare and dirty seats and floors.

Friday 6th March

12.03 SNF to 12.12 CHM

Train: 360120 Carriage: 74570

3rd of 4 Carriages

Pulled into SNF @ 12.06

Pulled out of SNF @ 12.07

Pulled into CHM @ 12.15 (3 Minutes Late)

Temp: 16.1 to 17.1 C

Humidity: 42 to 47 %

Notes: Dirty, threadbare seats and dirty carpets.

21.16 CHM to 21.27 SNF

Train: 360116 & 360112 Carriage: 65562

5th of 8 Carriages

Pulled into CHM @ 21.15

Pulled out of CHM @ 21.16

Pulled into SNF @ 21.24

Temp: 17.2 to 18.5 C

Humidity: 45 to 48 %

Notes: Dirty floors, faded seat backs.

Saturday 7th March

Journey to CHM - Given a lift to CHM, so no info.

20.08 CHM to 20.35 BIC

Bus Registration: EU64CYP

Bus Company: Stephenson's

Bus Number: 207

Pulled out of CHM @ 20.08

Pulled into BIC @ 20.32

Temp: 18.1 to 18.4 C

Humidity: 43 to 44 %

Notes: Clean and tidy.

20.45 BIC to 30.52 SNF

Train: 322429, 321444 & 321426 Carriage: 78120

9th of 12 Carriages

Pulled into BIC @ 20.42

Pulled out of BIC @ 20.45

Pulled into SNF @ 20.50

Temp: 18.3 to 19.9 C

Humidity: 41 to 42 %

Notes: Declassified First Class section. Red grab handles and grey seats. Seats don't look too dirty, floors a bit dirty. Heating doesn't feel like it's on, carriage is getting colder.

Sunday 8th March

Check out my special blog post for my journey to Bedworth.

General Notes:

A total of 15 minutes late over four journeys. Trains are still generally dirty, no change their really, AGA need to improve if they're going to keep the franchise, but I hope they don't.