paolo
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Post by paolo on Feb 21, 2012 16:22:10 GMT
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Post by chapelwood on Feb 21, 2012 17:08:23 GMT
That'll be because they always terminate them before reaching their final destination! The Public Performance Measure only records a train as on time if it calls at all its booked stations and arrives at its final destination no more than 5 minutes late (although it may have been later than that at intermediate stations). And although punctuality in Kent is almost certainly better now than at any previous time in the 180 year history of railways in the county, it still means that one train in 12 is over 5 minutes late. Chapelwood |
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Post by Shortformed on Feb 24, 2012 12:45:49 GMT
That would explain why, when the 07.15 from Ashford to Victoria “forgot” to stop at Borough Green yesterday – eventually coming to a halt a couple of hundred yards beyond the platform following a heavy brake application – the driver made considerable efforts to arrive on time in London despite a stand of ten minutes or more following the incident while the traincrew did whatever they have to do in situations like this. Presumably this incident does not then count against the figures.
Strangely, the last time I was on a train when this happened it was also Boro Green that was missed – but going the other way. Must be blind spot for SET drivers.
Feel a bit sorry for the BG commuters as the previous day the same train didn’t run at all - cruel to make them watch it run but not stop for them.
More concerning though is the plight of the several worried-looking school kids - some of them quite young -who joined at W. Malling for the 3 mile hop to BG only to find themselves taken on to Otford and no attempt that I could see to give them tickets to get back again.
SF
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Post by chapelwood on Feb 24, 2012 13:55:09 GMT
That would explain why, when the 07.15 from Ashford to Victoria “forgot” to stop at Borough Green yesterday – eventually coming to a halt a couple of hundred yards beyond the platform following a heavy brake application – the driver made considerable efforts to arrive on time in London despite a stand of ten minutes or more following the incident while the traincrew did whatever they have to do in situations like this. Presumably this incident does not then count against the figures. That won't count as a punctual train, as it missed out a booked stop, even if it did arrive at Victoria within 5 minutes of its booked time. I assume that the conductor on the train that took the overcarried passengers back to Borough Green was told that they wouldn't have the right tickets to be on his train. No doubt the driver will have had an uncomfortable interview with his manager later in the day. |
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Post by Southeastern Simon on Mar 1, 2012 15:22:29 GMT
Ashford driver "misjudged braking as in his mind thought he was at Otford".
Request to return to the station was declined. Driver instructed to continue despite rear coach being in the platform.
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