One of the least original things to say must be to comment on how ridiculous it is that in a country which experiences winter every year, and has done for as long as anyone can remember, our services just can’t cope. The only thing more predictable than the fact that it will get cold at […]
Entries Tagged as 'Railways'
Last Ticket
January 24th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Work
Here it is – my last railway season ticket. I hope so anyway. It runs out next week, so I have 6 days to decide whether to just dump it in the recycling, keep it for posterity, or devise a suitable ceremonial destruction. The big question though is do I hang on to the photocard? […]
Rare praise for the railways
January 18th, 2007 · Comments Off on Rare praise for the railways · Life, Work
I know I complain about the railways, railway companies, railway staff, rail unions, rail passengers, railway stations, in fact everything to do with railways, a little bit. It is an occupational hazard if your occupation involves commuting by train for 20 years. Today I want to heap a little praise for a change. This year […]
Assassination at Waterloo
January 13th, 2007 · Comments Off on Assassination at Waterloo · Life
I am amazed by the obscure rotues information gets through sometimes. I found out this morning that the filming at Waterloo station this week was to do with the new Bourne movie again, and that information reached me via Sky Sports. I was watching Soccer AM and the news presenter Jeremy Thompson was a guest. […]
Waterloo Studios
January 12th, 2007 · Comments Off on Waterloo Studios · Work
It has been busy at the Waterloo Film Studio (previously known as Waterloo Station) this week. For the third time in 6 months the station has been full of movie cameras, lights, and assorted paraphernalia. The first time was only for a day or two over a weekend for a sequence in a Bollywood film. […]
Form a queue
January 11th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Life
Anyone who wants to give me a kicking should form a queue. I will be at the front waiting to kick myself. On Monday I bought another weekly season ticket and was so chuffed about it being two pounds cheaper than last year, despite the much-heralded price rises, that it was not until today I […]
Press Play
January 4th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Life, Work
Attentive visitors with a long memory might remember me being dead chuffed back in September when I had a job offer for a move to Crawley. Furthermore they might have noticed that I am still commuting to London. The reason for this is that I was not able to move until security clearance had been […]
Train Fares
January 2nd, 2007 · 2 Comments · Life
I am confused by the new rail fares. It is not the whole idea of increasing costs for one of the (theorically) more efficient and less polluting modes of transport at a time when green issues are finally climbing up the agenda: what is confusing me is why my own fare seems to have gone […]
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Intimate Strangers
December 15th, 2006 · Comments Off on Intimate Strangers · Life
I'm sure we all have the experience of knowing someone by sight, but not knowing who they are. They might be a person we pass every day on a regular journey, stand next to on a railway platform, or even a neighbour. We will know some of their habits and may have invented some personailty […]
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Destinations
December 6th, 2006 · Comments Off on Destinations · Life
I noticed the other day that the destination board which was over the entrances to platforms 3 to 6 at Waterloo station had been removed. I wonder where it has gone? It had been obsolete for some time – ever since the plasma displays were introduced. I’m sure the plasma screens are better for all […]
