Tyne and Wear Metro
Tyne and Wear Metro
?On the twelfth day of Christmas, My Metro gave to me:
12 hours of delays to service.
11 trains withdrawn from service.
10 days of delays due to low rail adhesion.
9 different stories for disruption with no real info from customer services.
8 carriages so hot their customers were boiled alive.
7 days of power failure with no bus replacement service.
6 thousand people late for GNR due to lack of trains running.
5 thousand "Metro apologises".
4 carriages with faulty doors.
3 customers fainting due to overcrowded carriages.
2 dozen CSAs who are so apathetic that they've resorted to hiding in their mobile games.
And a hundred ticket machines out of service!!!
Well done Metro! ?
A rather amusing post on Sort out the Metro today...
?On the twelfth day of Christmas, My Metro gave to me:
12 hours of delays to service.
11 trains withdrawn from service.
10 days of delays due to low rail adhesion.
9 different stories for disruption with no real info from customer services.
8 carriages so hot their customers were boiled alive.
7 days of power failure with no bus replacement service.
6 thousand people late for GNR due to lack of trains running.
5 thousand "Metro apologises".
4 carriages with faulty doors.
3 customers fainting due to overcrowded carriages.
2 dozen CSAs who are so apathetic that they've resorted to hiding in their mobile games.
And a hundred ticket machines out of service!!!
Well done Metro! ?
(07 Dec 2015, 6:19 pm)Adrian Where do they get the extra buses from though? Thin air?
Any spare deckers are generally out on scholars and/or works services at peak times. I don't see why regular bus users should have to suffer, because Nexus and Metro can't get their house in order.
(07 Dec 2015, 6:19 pm)Adrian Where do they get the extra buses from though? Thin air?
Any spare deckers are generally out on scholars and/or works services at peak times. I don't see why regular bus users should have to suffer, because Nexus and Metro can't get their house in order.
(08 Dec 2015, 10:07 am)Bus_User Communication is always the biggest bug bear when it comes to TOC's it seems but at least some sort of bus replacement have been issued to the affected area unlike for those poor passengers on the WCML between Carlisle and Scotland due to poor road conditions(although that reason should be less valid by now surely?)
I'm not sure what Nexus can do if by the looks of it, some sort of object have bought the OHL down and its down to Network Rail to fix it, its going to be hard to give a definate amount of time on how long it will take until NR gives them the all clear I guess.
(08 Dec 2015, 10:07 am)Bus_User Communication is always the biggest bug bear when it comes to TOC's it seems but at least some sort of bus replacement have been issued to the affected area unlike for those poor passengers on the WCML between Carlisle and Scotland due to poor road conditions(although that reason should be less valid by now surely?)
I'm not sure what Nexus can do if by the looks of it, some sort of object have bought the OHL down and its down to Network Rail to fix it, its going to be hard to give a definate amount of time on how long it will take until NR gives them the all clear I guess.
(08 Dec 2015, 10:26 am)Adrian I don't think the situation in Carlisle can be compared to the situation Nexus find themselves in.
If you're referring to the picture at the top of Nexus website statement, of what looks like metal sheeting on the line, it's not a photo taken near Brockley Whinns. Misleading, like the rest of their statement.
(08 Dec 2015, 10:26 am)Adrian I don't think the situation in Carlisle can be compared to the situation Nexus find themselves in.
If you're referring to the picture at the top of Nexus website statement, of what looks like metal sheeting on the line, it's not a photo taken near Brockley Whinns. Misleading, like the rest of their statement.
(07 Dec 2015, 10:12 pm)GX03 SVC A rather amusing post on Sort out the Metro today...
(07 Dec 2015, 10:12 pm)GX03 SVC A rather amusing post on Sort out the Metro today...
An update but its the same info but this time more services now accepting metro tickets/passes:
Tyne and Wear Metro
No trains running between Pelaw-S.Hylton in both directions, due to problem with overhead line. The service is likely to be off until the second half of this week. Bus replacement 900 Heworth-Sunderland, taxis Sunderland-South Hylton (contact staff for assistance), ticket acceptance on Go North East 9, 35, 36, 56, 78 and Stagecoach 8, 11, 20 in affected area. Trains running to all other destinations.
(09 Dec 2015, 4:39 am)Dan I sincerely hope that is the case.
A train has been withdrawn from service at Felling due to act of vandalism. We now have a gap in the service of up to 20 mins to trains running between Felling and St James. Please leave extra time for your journey if you're travelling in the area.
(11 Dec 2015, 9:47 pm)Michael A train has been withdrawn from service at Felling due to act of vandalism. We now have a gap in the service of up to 20 mins to trains running between Felling and St James. Please leave extra time for your journey if you're travelling in the area.
(11 Dec 2015, 9:47 pm)Michael A train has been withdrawn from service at Felling due to act of vandalism. We now have a gap in the service of up to 20 mins to trains running between Felling and St James. Please leave extra time for your journey if you're travelling in the area.
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nort...Chron-main
Cut in funding for modernisation plans
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nort...s-10592014
Government cuts to modernisation programme.
(14 Dec 2015, 5:25 pm)citaro5284 http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nort...Chron-main
Cut in funding for modernisation plans
(14 Dec 2015, 5:25 pm)citaro5284 http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nort...Chron-main
Cut in funding for modernisation plans
(14 Dec 2015, 5:25 pm)citaro5284 http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nort...Chron-main
Cut in funding for modernisation plans
(14 Dec 2015, 5:28 pm)Michael Its mad eh?, they can spend all this money on refurbishing the trains but now they reckon it will cost £400m to replace them....... why didn't they just replace them first time around?Going solely off memory here, but...
Edit:
Means the other pot of money could of gone else where on the line....
(14 Dec 2015, 5:25 pm)citaro5284 http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nort...Chron-main
Cut in funding for modernisation plans
(14 Dec 2015, 5:28 pm)Michael Its mad eh?, they can spend all this money on refurbishing the trains but now they reckon it will cost £400m to replace them....... why didn't they just replace them first time around?Going solely off memory here, but...
Edit:
Means the other pot of money could of gone else where on the line....
