silverlink strikes again

[emmelinemay]

06:32

07:07 North Woolwich to Richmond due 08:19
ALTERATION This train will be started from Custom House.
It will no longer call at: North Woolwich and Silvertown.
This is due to unit diaplacement.

06:47

07:00 Richmond to Stratford Low Level due 07:56
ALTERATION This train will be started from Willesden Jn. High Level.
It will no longer call at: Richmond, Kew Gardens, Gunnersbury, South Acton and Acton Central.
This is due to a shortage of units.
Starting Willesden LL Bay

07:21

07:45 Stratford Low Level to Camden Road due 08:05
CANCELLATION This train has been cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of operational trains.



Dear Silverlink,

Be honest, ok? Just write "most of our trains are broken becuase we spent all our year's budget on bonuses for bosses and have none left to spend on the trains or the tracks"

Yours Truly,
Me

Comments

[angel-emma.livejournal.com]

Did you actually make it into work this morning or are you still walking :/

[emmelinemay.livejournal.com]

my train appeared to be in working condition.

They have one train where half the doors don't work, and everyone has to pile down the corridor to get on/off. There's post-it notes stuck to the windows of those doors that say 'out of order pleas use other doors'.

That train has been like that for 2 months at least.

[cyberpunkgrrl.livejournal.com]

Living in Canonbury, I feel your pain... 3 carriages every 15-10 minutes in the middle of the rush hour is not fun

Grr.

[the-freaky-z.livejournal.com]

i am soooooooooo glad i dont have to use the silverlink any more its complet crap

[aliasrob.livejournal.com]

What annoys me are the creepy HAL-like AI voices that announce how "sorry" they are when the trains are delayed.

YOU'RE NOT SORRY! YOU'RE INCAPABLE OF EMOTION!

[emmelinemay.livejournal.com]

i would rather they didn't bother with the recorded apology. I feel like yelling 'SHUT UP! YOU MOCK MY PAIN!'

If they were really sorry, they'd get a real person to say so. If they actually cared, they'd employ more staff, adequately train, support and inform existing staff, and fix the bloody trains.

If bosses lost the same amount as their bonuses for poor performance, we'd see some fucking changes.

[saiira.livejournal.com]

I got a leaflet saying it was pretty much shut between camden and stratford for 9 days - yuck!

[emmelinemay.livejournal.com]

yeah - that is going to suck a lot. i really hop my work jorney doesn't end up getting affected - i hate getting the tube to work even more than i hate silverlink.

oh, for a job in camden.

that's why i gave up my job in london

[mazzmatazz.livejournal.com]

because commuting sucked. it took me 3 hours minimum on trains getting to and from work. that sucks balls. you have no life. and you get squished on a train with nasty smelly horrible people, you know the type, the general public. and they sneer at you and have annoying ringtones on their phones and you just want them to all FUCK OFF THE TRAIN OR DIE.

or for someone to invent teleportation devices. pronto.