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UPDATE - TRAVEL: London Bridge fire train disruption eases
3:30pm Wednesday 3rd March 2010 in News By Scott Mullins
TRAVEL: Fire closes London Bridge, Charing Cross and Cannon Street
DISRUPTION on the railways in the News Shopper area is expected to last until later this afternoon, according to National Rail.
A track-side fire in South Bermondsey this morning forced the closure of the busy London Bridge, Charing Cross and Cannon Street stations.
Most Southeastern, Southern and First Capital Connect trains were unable to call at any of the stations.
However, National Rail says First Capital Connect trains and Southern trains are now running normally to and from London Bridge after heavy delays throughout the day.
Southeastern train services in and out London Bridge are all still affected though and passengers will continue to face delays until around 4.30pm today (March 3).
A reduced Southeastern train service is running to and from London Charing Cross and London Cannon Street and trains to and from London Bridge are being delayed by up to 30 minutes.
Some trains to and from Dartford will be diverted to London Victoria. Passengers are being accepted on London Underground, London Buses and South West Trains services on any reasonable routes.
Tickets are also being accepted on Docklands Light Railway services.
The widespread disruption is thought to have been caused after the London Fire Brigade discovered gas cylinders close to the fire.
Ten fire engines and around 50 firefighters tackled the blaze which started at around 3.30pm.
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bexleyman
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12:07pm Wed 3 Mar 10
pumpkinpie
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12:13pm Wed 3 Mar 10
southeasterntrainhater
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12:25pm Wed 3 Mar 10
pumpkinpie
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12:43pm Wed 3 Mar 10
southeasterntrainhatThere were gas cylinders involved so they had to do what they did. The didn't want to risk them exploding, being under a railway arch. The train I eventually go on did go through welling but it was packed before it had even left Barnehurst.
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They say taht Southe Eastern are running a 'limited service' and that delays of up to 25 minutes may occur, so how is it that in Welling station this morning there was NO service and I experienced a delay of 2.5 hours?? Also, the fire was at 3am, so why at midday are we still experiencing problems? We seem to get penalised in the south, the train service is appaling.
Heard It All Before
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1:13pm Wed 3 Mar 10
pumpkinpie
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1:21pm Wed 3 Mar 10
Blackout 09
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1:45pm Wed 3 Mar 10
pumpkinpie
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1:48pm Wed 3 Mar 10
Blackout 09
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2:11pm Wed 3 Mar 10
Make Life
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2:22pm Wed 3 Mar 10
Blackout 09
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2:40pm Wed 3 Mar 10
pumpkinpie
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2:40pm Wed 3 Mar 10
Make Life wrote:oh sorry did we upset you? If you read my comments correctly I did find alternative travel. My boss was very grateful that I made it in at all. Not everyone can take emergency leave, we already have two people off today. As I said in my first post I wasn't moaning at southeastern just couldn't believe that a journey that usually takes 45 minutes ending up taking 4 hours.
People are such moaners!!! There were train cancellations this morning, big deal. Use your brains for once and find an alternative route or say to your boss that your going to have to take emergency annual leave and take the day off or that you are going to be in late. If you are normally on time then they shouldnt mind.
LNN
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2:53pm Wed 3 Mar 10
Heard It All Before
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3:04pm Wed 3 Mar 10
southeasterntrainhater
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3:12pm Wed 3 Mar 10
Make Life wrote:I'll tell you why I'm moaning actually, because I'm a temp, so for every hour I'm not in the office I don't get paid. So add a 3 hour journey to work (which I don't get paid for) then probably a 3 hour journey home, take into consideration that I'll only get paid a fraction of what I should have earned today and then have me late home so I miss my baby before he's put to bed. That's why I'm moaning. Because everytime there's a sniff of something out of the norm South Eastern are the first to cancel trains. Not just that, but not even tell us when the next train is coming so I freeze outside the station for an hour wondering what to do and how I can get to work in time to earn enough money to feed my family. So stick that in your pipe and smoke it!
People are such moaners!!! There were train cancellations this morning, big deal. Use your brains for once and find an alternative route or say to your boss that your going to have to take emergency annual leave and take the day off or that you are going to be in late. If you are normally on time then they shouldnt mind.
pumpkinpie
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3:17pm Wed 3 Mar 10
southeasterntrainhatKnow how you feel my partner is a temp and thats all he was worried about this morning. Consequence being that he is having to stay late tonight just to make his hours up.
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Make Life wrote: People are such moaners!!! There were train cancellations this morning, big deal. Use your brains for once and find an alternative route or say to your boss that your going to have to take emergency annual leave and take the day off or that you are going to be in late. If you are normally on time then they shouldnt mind.I'll tell you why I'm moaning actually, because I'm a temp, so for every hour I'm not in the office I don't get paid. So add a 3 hour journey to work (which I don't get paid for) then probably a 3 hour journey home, take into consideration that I'll only get paid a fraction of what I should have earned today and then have me late home so I miss my baby before he's put to bed. That's why I'm moaning. Because everytime there's a sniff of something out of the norm South Eastern are the first to cancel trains. Not just that, but not even tell us when the next train is coming so I freeze outside the station for an hour wondering what to do and how I can get to work in time to earn enough money to feed my family. So stick that in your pipe and smoke it!
Make Life
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3:46pm Wed 3 Mar 10
pumpkinpie wrote:I not upset and neither was I digging you out, I just made a general comment. While at the station this morning people were moaning about the trains being cancelled. If people just stepped back and thought for 5 minutes then the would realise that there is a bus that would take you to another station right outside that one that they were at. Even the notice boards said that the tickets would be valid on other routes.
Make Life wrote: People are such moaners!!! There were train cancellations this morning, big deal. Use your brains for once and find an alternative route or say to your boss that your going to have to take emergency annual leave and take the day off or that you are going to be in late. If you are normally on time then they shouldnt mind.oh sorry did we upset you? If you read my comments correctly I did find alternative travel. My boss was very grateful that I made it in at all. Not everyone can take emergency leave, we already have two people off today. As I said in my first post I wasn't moaning at southeastern just couldn't believe that a journey that usually takes 45 minutes ending up taking 4 hours.
bexleyman
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3:47pm Wed 3 Mar 10
I would rather walk than DLR it though - now that is a frustratingly slow service!
Make Life
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3:58pm Wed 3 Mar 10
southeasterntrainhatHow can they tell you when the next train is coming if they have been cancelled? They dont have a crystal ball that they can look into. I do understand that missing putting your child to sleep isnt great, and i do mean that, but unfortunatly thats part of being a working parent, im one to. As for missing 3 hours pay, cant you make it up by working an hour extra each night or to 30min extra in the morning and then 30min extra in the evening for 3 days? Also, you really must be working hard to catch up on that work that you missed out doing by being on here.
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Make Life wrote: People are such moaners!!! There were train cancellations this morning, big deal. Use your brains for once and find an alternative route or say to your boss that your going to have to take emergency annual leave and take the day off or that you are going to be in late. If you are normally on time then they shouldnt mind.I'll tell you why I'm moaning actually, because I'm a temp, so for every hour I'm not in the office I don't get paid. So add a 3 hour journey to work (which I don't get paid for) then probably a 3 hour journey home, take into consideration that I'll only get paid a fraction of what I should have earned today and then have me late home so I miss my baby before he's put to bed. That's why I'm moaning. Because everytime there's a sniff of something out of the norm South Eastern are the first to cancel trains. Not just that, but not even tell us when the next train is coming so I freeze outside the station for an hour wondering what to do and how I can get to work in time to earn enough money to feed my family. So stick that in your pipe and smoke it!
MJB
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9:04am Thu 4 Mar 10
I had to leave the first Victoria train yesterday as it was too packed already (after the PA said that it wouldn't stop at all, then did!). The next Victoria train was due at 0749. Fine. 0800 came along and then we get an announcement that the 0749 was cancelled actually so the next train was another twenty mins or so.
That's the point when most gave up and took to the buses.
As I say, the lack of info is the poor bit - there's no way they didn't know that that 0749 didn't run by 0800 so announcing it after everyone's waited 20 mins for it is just incompetent.
Still, we've been quite luck if you ask me in recent times as SET have been quite reliable (famous last words). It's just when it goes wrong, it goes VERY wrong!
bexleyman
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8:18pm Tue 9 Mar 10
pumpkinpie says...
11:26am Wed 3 Mar 10