The UKTS Challenge

[cardiffcroupier]

Today (in addition to the above)

Totton
Ashurst (New Forest)
Brockenhurst
New Milton
Christchurch
Pokesdown
Bournemouth
Branksome

[joea1]

Forest Hill
Norwood Junction
East Croydon
Kensington Olympia
Reading
Basingstoke
Waterloo
Woking (By accident)
Clapham Junction
West Brompton
Earls Court
Mile End
Stratford
Ilford
Romford
Chadwell Heath
Liverpool Street
Paddington-West Ruislip line
Acton Mainline
Ealing Broadway
Greenford
Hayes & Harlington
Charing Cross
Waterloo East
London Bridge
Lee (By accident)
New Eltham (By accident)
Sanderstead
Riddlesdown
Purley
Willesden Junction
Harrow & Wealdstone
Kenton
Euston
Victoria
Bromley South
West Dulwich
East Dulwich
Catford Bridge
Lewisham
New Cross
New Cross Gate
Marylebone
Harrow on the Hill
Peckham Rye
Stretham Hill-Tulse Hill line
Herne Hill
Fenchurch Street
Limehouse
West Ham
Barking
Upminster
Chafford Hundred
Wimbledon
Bornemouth
Weymouth
Clacton-on-Sea
Shenfield
King's Cross
Hornsey
Oakleigh Park
Peterborough
Leeds
York
Bradford (Red Arriva 158 there, Regional Railways livered 156 back)
Twickenham
Oxford
Didcot Parkway
Paignton
Birmingham New Street
Heathrow Airport
Cannon Street
West Croydon
Wallington
Kingston
Vauxhall

[JonPotter]

Today's alighted stops:

Amersham
London Marylebone
Marylebone LUL
Oxford Circus
Victoria LUL
London Victoria
Clapham Junction
Virginia Water
London Waterloo
Waterloo LUL
Marylebone LUL
London Marylebone
Amersham

[arabiandisco]

I added Clapham Jcn, Willisden Jcn and Euston this morning due to my train being terminated at Clapham for no apparent reason.

[Hymek]

So far ive only done

Birmingham Moor St
Kidderminster

[cardiffcroupier]

I added Clapham Jcn, Willisden Jcn and Euston this morning due to my train being terminated at Clapham for no apparent reason.

What train were you on?

There were a number of trains terminated at Clapham because of a Track Circuit Failure in the Waterloo area. One comment made was " **** SWT, all full of price rises and **** lies " (Bleeps do not represent the length of the word.)

[arabiandisco]

the 0545 Ports H - Wat via Basing.

It was very annoying actually, because the guard didn't explain anything to us about why we weren't going to Waterloo, just "This is clapham, all change please". Your post is the first I've heard of why we were terminated. That and the fact that there were loads of trains trundling though Clapham seemingly oblivious to the problems. It was, in my opinion, a very poor showing from SWT's customer services, which are usually excellent in these situations.

[cardiffcroupier]

the 0545 Ports H - Wat via Basing.

It was very annoying actually, because the guard didn't explain anything to us about why we weren't going to Waterloo, just "This is clapham, all change please". Your post is the first I've heard of why we were terminated. That and the fact that there were loads of trains trundling though Clapham seemingly oblivious to the problems. It was, in my opinion, a very poor showing from SWT's customer services, which are usually excellent in these situations.

Being your guard for the above journey (hello), you will find that I explained in detail after departures from both Winchester and Basingstoke, and also walked through the train answering every person who wanted to know. In fact I was doing a manual announcement when I got the phone call telling me the situation, and within seconds of putting the phone down was doing the right thing and telling people what was happening.

SWT were going to terminate that train at Basingstoke, and I disagreed as two trains following us did exactly the same. The information i was subsequently given, I agree, was passed on incorrectly to me from several sources including SWT control and Wimbledon Signal Box and the promised same platform train was scrapped without my knowledge, but at least the passengers on that service were given 35 minutes notice on board of the short termination. I could have waited until just outside Clapham, like many guards do, but I was honest from the start.

I will accept any critism that you have, but some of your comments above are very wrong, and I did not like getting on the platform 10 class 455 any more than you may have done, but I was told it had to be done.

Many Thanks.

[arabiandisco]

Small World. I got on at Basingstoke, and I honestly do not recall any announcements as to the reason. Being a railway employee myself I tend to listen for these things, but i'll assume I missed something. You'll know what you did better than me!

You guys normally do an excellent job (the staff on the silverlink trains I took to get to Euston were pathetic by comparison), so I apologise if I've wrongly accused you of anything.

[ArrivaTrains]

Hmm, i'll tell you what i did today.....

Start - Hull.

Then - Brough, Selby, South Milford, Leeds, Huddersfield, Piccadilly, Stalybridge, Huddersfield, Leeds, South Milford, Selby Brough, Hull.

What a fun day

Thanks


Lee

[JSReeves86]

Ashford International
Maidstone East
Otford
Chislehurst
London Bridge
Waterloo East
London Charing Cross
Charing Cross*
Embankment*
Westminster*
St James's Park*
Victoria*
Slone Square*
South Kensington*
Knightsbridge*
Hyde Park Corner*
Green Park*
Picaddily Circus*
Leicster Square*
Covent Garden*
Holbon*
Russel Square*
Kings Cross St Pancras*
St Pancras
Kettering
Leicster
Derby
Chesterfield
Sheffield

* Underground dont know if they count

JR

[skipperdipper]

Today:

Meols
West Kirby

Rob

[250787]

Coventry to Birmingham New Street

[TomGreen]

cowdenbeath
dunfermline queen margaret
dunfermline town
rosyth
inverkeithing
north queensferry
south queensferry
south gyle
haymarket
edinburgh waverly
linlithgow
falkirk high
croy
glasgow queen street
glasgow central
argyle street
dalmarnock
cambuslang
rutherglen
bellshill
motherwell
wishaw
carluke
gatwick airport
guildford
ash

[TomGreen]

today im doing

ash - guildford
guildford - ash