Saturday 20th August 20:43 ex Paris

21:40 Brake/suspension problems bring train to a stand


Move to Lille and sit for 2 hours

00:30 New train from paris arrives at Lille where original train has
been brought to and passengers transfer trains

Train terminates at Ashford Int due to engineering work near Waterloo.

SET train takes E* pax from Ashford to Victoria.

04:00 Arrive Victoria for a long queue for taxi/hotel

4 1/2 hours late

whoooopeee



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Oh you bloody whinger. Get a life.

What about the poors sods who camped out at Heathrow for 3-4 days
trying to get a flight out and BA (alledegdly) did very little.

Yes, the train went tits up - it happens.  Never had a car breakdown
which has been inconvienient?

If it is brake or suspension fault as you say, that is safety releated
and it sounds like Eurostar did the right thing. Would you like to
travel at 186mph with an iffy brake or suspension fault. And you cant
magic up another set with crew just like that - drivers have
restrictions on hours worked. And maintenance of the CTRL has to be don
sometime.

At least Eurostar did something.  Many Toc would have shrugged
shoulders and said "it aint my problem".

And pray tell us what compensation you have been offered?
Then we can consider your moan in perspective.

Grumpy Old Man wrote:

>poors
>alledegdly
>releated
>cant
>don
>Toc
>aint


Are you trying to get a job on the Railway Herald?

Neil Sunderland
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