On Dec 21, 9:36*am, D7666 wrote:

Retreat home, do some remote home working and try later.


Which I did, returning to LUT at around 09:50.

No FCC trains.

Well none that were known about.

There were indicated trains, some of which were from the normal t.t.
some of which were from the alleged emergency timetable, and some of
each were ''on time'' and some of each were ''cancelled''.

Much stressed staff were as much in the dark as passengers were. By
10:05 there would be no trains in the next hour going south based on
all available information *at that point in time*. I leave. Just as I
get back to my home, an I see an Up passenger carrying 319, looking
rather full, although that was from a distance.

Maybe the points problem at Bedford has compounded matters, but even
so the FCC site says thats only an EMT problem and does not refer to
it as an FCC problem.

Neither do they state why todays alleged 4 TPH is nothing like it. Nor
explain why all the web and PIS data is completely wrong.

I still don't know why they only ran 2 TPH last evening peak.

Not only has there been no explanation of that but we got this through
the local commuters group this morning :



QUOTE

Dear stakeholder,
Due to the adverse weather conditions and infrastructure problems we
have experienced a number of delays and cancellations to services this
weekend and this morning.
Thameslink
On Saturday the Thameslink route was forced to close earlier than
planned in the evening as drivers couldn’t get to depots and snow was
preventing services from running.
This morning a power cut in the Farringdon area contributed to
significant disruption caused by the extreme weather conditions and
low temperatures which last night reached -13 degrees in some places.
A power cut at West Hampstead Service Delivery Centre, which is
located in the signal box, severely affected our information systems.
All train were shown as cancelled, which was not the case. Our Service
Delivery Centre staff were unable to update the Customer Information
screens at the stations, nor could they update the information on our
website. Added to this, Network Rail did not de-ice the track
following the weekend engineering works in central London. This meant
two services got stuck in the Farringdon and Blackfriars area, which
added to the delays and cancellations. Network Rail is still working
to remove ice from this section of the track.
Network Rail has instructed us to run a revised timetable for the
remainder of today and also for tomorrow. Currently all trains to and
from Bedford (four an hour in each direction) are starting and
terminating at St Pancras International. Details of tomorrow's
service will be on both the FCC and National Rail Enquiries websites
later today. This timetable is planned to consist of just four trains
an hour to and from Bedford, of which two will serve the Wimbledon -
Sutton loop and two will run to and from Brighton. Passengers can, if
they wish, choose to travel on our Great Northern route, on which
Network Rail have agreed that a full, normal timetable will operate.
We are urging our customers to check our website for travel updates
before heading out. Tickets are being accepted on London Underground,
London Buses, EastMidland Trains, Southern, and Southeastern.
Best wishes,
Neal Lawson
Managing Director

END QUOTE



Right now, FCC web site says this

QUOTE

Major disruption
Service update 21st December
Thameslink route
At the request of Network Rail, because of further freezing conditions
that will affect track, signalling and other infrastructure, we are
running a revised timetable again today but the Thameslink route will
be open across central London and there will be a service between
London and Sutton/Wimbledon.
No services can now call at City Thameslink because of treacherous
conditions.

END QUOTE


Treacherous conditions ? At City ???


While all this is going on, they STILL repeat ad nauseam the PA about
Blackfriars being closed, instructing passenger to - use CIty !!!



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--
Nick