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Well there were no great problems going out to London only the fact that the 03.26 was first allocated to Platform 4 at Chester then affter i had been to the loo i discovered that the platform had been changed to Platfrom 3 and yet according to the mointor in the Booking Hall i which said it was expected at 03.41 but yet it came in and left on time.
Also ran on time as expected all the way to Birmingham New Street were i had a 52 Minute wait But buy the time i had been to the Loo again and then found the approprite platfrom it wasent long before the London Train Came it and left on time and arrived in London Euston Spot on time.
I then took a Number of Journeys on the London Underground for which i bought a Travel Card for £6.70 on of the Jouneys was to Northwood on the Metropolitan Line for which i was amazed at the age and ride quailty of the trains it was like being on a Class 101.
I also took a ride from ? to Earls Court on aDistrict LIne Train for which i was imresed with the quality of the ride and refurbishment.
Throughout the day i managed to travel on all of the Lines Trains with the exeption of the Docklands Light Railway and i must say alogh some of the trains like the Metroploitan & Piccadily Line Trains being the oldest they seem to be great condition for there age and clean as well.
So overall very impresed as all services on all lines ran very well indeed with no delays as sutch as on the Central Line they had Staff Shotage but yet i caught a Train no problem all conections were great never really had to wait more than a minute or two.
I also Vistied Brixton and Best of all ANGEL Station as i saw this in a TV programe a while ago and must have been totaly re-built at some point.
Allthogh around London was great and Jouneys into London by Virgin Trains were Spot on and Coming home on the 16.03 from London to Crewe was fine up untill changing trains at crewe which by the time i found the platform for the Northern Service to Manchester the 18.42 had just left 10 minutes late and the one i whanted was the 19.00 to Manchester Piccadilly which arrived on time into Crewe.
But left nine minutes late for which still arrived late at Manchester Piccadilly were i missed my connection for the 20.07 Transpennie Expess Service to Liverpool so i got a couple of sandwithes from Saindsburys and made my way slowly to Plaform 14 at Man Pic were i waited for the 21.07 TPE Service to Liverpool.
This service arrived and departed on time up unitll Northern sruck me down again by one of there claped out trains breaking down at widnes causing the TPE service to be turned back at Warrington CTL were we were stck on the platform in the freezing cold for neally an hour untill the next traina Northern 156 came in and took us directly to Lime Street.
So twice in one eveing Northern disrupted my plans but yet Network Rail are really the ones to blame for allowing a Stopping Serive to run in front of an Express Service for which i cannot understand the Logic of.
As shurley if the express has gone throgh first and the Stoping Train breaks down then the Express isnt really affected as if this was the case on Saturday then i would have probably got home an hour or so earlier and wouldent have been as angry and upset as i was.
There is a simmler situation at Wigan NW were the Local Stopping Service Departs at say 16.59 then the express Deaprts at 17.11 shurley it would make sense for the Express to depart at 16.59 and the Local Stopping Service at 17.11.
This is were network rail don't seem to have a clue what they are doing as i belive it is them what gvern the train running times and the operators like Northern are daft enogh to let it happen.
I didnt quite catch what the problem was at Crewe for the 9 minute delay becuse i didnt quite hear the announcemnt but from my jouneys arround London i discovered that you seem to get a better service with one person than two as some conductors are very slow in ded as the one on my train was.
A serious re think of the services in England mainley the North west is in order i think as i don't think we need serives from Liverpool to Scabough-York-Norwich - Huddersfeild-Stayley Bridge-Rochdle Via Oldham etc when conecting trains can be as simple like in London.
"Some come on Netwrork Rail Pull your socks up and lets go back to basics"
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