With the Christmas season upon us, people just want to be able to kick back, relax, visit friends and relatives and have a generally good time...
But not if the rail networks have anything to do with it...
Instead, they promise to bring chaos and disruption for the whole Christmas period, with cancellations and disruptions from 21 December and will continue until 3 January...
Passengers hoping to travel between South Wales and London will be hardest hit, with no trains running between Christmas Eve and 3 January...
Major engineering works around Southampton will see services run by First Great Western, Southern, South West Trains and CrossCountry affected. Network Rail, which runs Britain’s rail infrastructure, was fined a record £14m in 2007 for allowing engineering works to overrun, causing disruption to tens of thousands of passengers during the New Year period...
Network Rail said that while there were disruptions, fewer engineering works had been planned for the period than in previous years. “We will be running more trains this year than we did during the Christmas/New Year period in 2008/09,” said a spokesman. “In particular, the West Coast Main Line is practically free of disruption this Christmas...”
So, once again, have a happy Christmas..
Follow this at http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/thousands-face-travel-chaos-as-rail-lines-shut-down-for-christmas-1831559.html
Barticus.
But not if the rail networks have anything to do with it...
Instead, they promise to bring chaos and disruption for the whole Christmas period, with cancellations and disruptions from 21 December and will continue until 3 January...
Passengers hoping to travel between South Wales and London will be hardest hit, with no trains running between Christmas Eve and 3 January...
Major engineering works around Southampton will see services run by First Great Western, Southern, South West Trains and CrossCountry affected. Network Rail, which runs Britain’s rail infrastructure, was fined a record £14m in 2007 for allowing engineering works to overrun, causing disruption to tens of thousands of passengers during the New Year period...
Network Rail said that while there were disruptions, fewer engineering works had been planned for the period than in previous years. “We will be running more trains this year than we did during the Christmas/New Year period in 2008/09,” said a spokesman. “In particular, the West Coast Main Line is practically free of disruption this Christmas...”
So, once again, have a happy Christmas..
Follow this at http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/thousands-face-travel-chaos-as-rail-lines-shut-down-for-christmas-1831559.html
Barticus.
Hi Barticus,
ReplyDeleteNew ideas again. This is blissful for this season. I informed my friends outside the University about this site and they found it fantastic.
This is Wonderful.
Regards,
Margaret