website errors AVG

why is F7 soooo hard to find?

website errors FaceBook

i SAID "press F7"

spelling mistakes, website errors, rail booking

it's hoplesssssss to gettt anyfin spelt rite.....

"national rail enquires"

netgear, spelling mistakes, website faults,

i attach a couple of recent offerings off their website.
clearly as a small firm with limited resources, they can't afford to press F7 before publishing to the world...........









and more.....

eurostar, channel tunnel, dlr, olympics 2012

It is interesting to see that the local press have picked up on the stupidity of the Stratford International Station (SIS)location.

--- it is soooo far from actual Stratford that the fat Canary-wharfers won't waddle over from International to the real station where the tube links are. What a suuurpise...........

i told the GLA this 3 years ago, but they just said "tuff".

So yet again we reluctantly spend too little public money to come up with a vaguely adequate solution, and thereby ensure that all of the public money spent on the half-hearted project is wasted. Clearly if the SIS is useless then the money spent building it is 100% wasted!

Where is the vision to create something spectacular as the Gateway to 2012 Londinium?

why not........

1. flatten central stratford
2. build a massive station with c.21 platforms on 3 levels
   
3. linked by escalators and lifts
4. all in a massive semi-open hole in the ground - a bit like the new Berlin station (see http://www.hbf-berlin.de/site/berlin__hauptbahnhof/en/rail__concept/rail__concept.html)
   
5. run through it Central Line, DLR, Jubilee Line, Eurostar, Eurotunnel Car loading, Mainline rail from everywhere, commuter lines
6. not forgetting to incorporate a fantabulous bus stazione etc..
   
7. also with a ginormous shopping centre, to one side with loads of built-in car parks far underground.
8. a hub for eurotunnel cars to load ( easing pressure on M2)
9. ditto lorries/coaches
10. fix the bottom end of m11 to link to all this so it's not a massive traffic-jam
11. also fix the A2 so it runs through to here
    
12. bin the link to lovely St. Pancras. All passengers want is to fall out of their commuter strains directly on to the tube for the final bit to where ever they pass the dreary hours until pub-tyme
13. make sure Cross-Rail terminates here
14. upgrade Central line to 4 track so it can cope with the traffic between leytonstone and marble arch. Obviously then providing a limited-stop service on half the line e.g. Stratford, Smile End, L'pool St., Bank, TCR, Ox circ, Marble A........
    
15. obviously all this is financed by the tax-payer building it and only then charging £loads to the businesses that will benefit in the shopping centre, and shopping areas in the station. Also all the restaurants/cafes it will be festooned with
16. it would instantly win an architecture prize for the UK, and the (overpaid) architect who designed it, and plaudits from the users
17. isn't it grate that the Crossrail link has been agonized over for sooooo long it won't be open in tyme for 2012 Olympix. We didn't even rush to start building it the day after we got awarded the albatross

i could go on with brilliant ideas...

central line derailment

FROM: London Underground Limited

Dear Oppressed Customer,

We are writing to let you know that there was a minor derailment on the railway yesterday between Mile End and Bethnal Green. This was entirely the fault of Metronet who are the biggest bunch of t055er5 since the shower we engaged to plan the Stratford DLR station, and Stratford Internotional Station.

Despite the fact the train only came off slightly, and the line is hardly damaged, the service is still not open, and unlikely to be until Monday morning. If possible we will shag Monday as well by doing as little as possible to sort things out.

I am delighted to also let you know that due to the oppressive sales terms we cover ourselves with, that the only ticket refunds we have to give out are to Season holders and those actually on the trains when it went tits up. All people who took 4ever to get home Thursday, and used other means to struggle in to work on Friday, it's tuff tittty -- to coin a phrase.

Thank you for your captive custom.

LUL



or the real letter is here in case you think i xagerate.....

Dear xx, Following on from yesterday's Central line derailment the line remains suspended between Liverpool Street and Leytonstone stations. Four replacement bus services are in operation as follows between: - Stratford and Leytonstone (via Leyton) - Ilford and Gants Hill - Barking and Redbridge - Walthamstow Central and Woodford We are working to resume a full service to these stations as quickly as possible, so please check before you travel using the contacts below. I am sorry for any disruption that this incident has caused.

Yours sincerely,

Also this is the reponse to my refund request........

Thank you for contacting us about last week's derailment on the Central line.

I am sorry you were caused so much inconvenience by this incident.

You are entitled to claim for a refund of the single Tube fare for the journeys where you were delayed for 15 minutes or more. You can do this by completing a customer charter form for each journey and you can find the forms online (https://www.tfl.gov.uk/tube/contacts/refunds.asp) and in the leaflet racks in most Tube stations. I do recommend that you claim as soon as possible as each claim is meant to be sent within fourteen days of the delay.

We very much regret the derailment and the disruption it caused, and we are conducting a thorough investigation into the circumstances with the aim of preventing anything similar happening in the future.

Do get back in touch if I can be of any further help.

Yours sincerely


Customer Service Advisor
Customer Service Centre