MSE News: Thameslink and Great Northern wipe cancelled trains from departure boards

Apparently it looks much better on the TV news if there is no sea of 'cancelled' on the departure boards....


I use a 'key' contactless ticket and now get regular emails telling me they have made my delay repay claim automatically - progress of a sort but it would be better if the trains ran on time (or at all) in the first place.

PS Your article suggests people look at the proper timetables to work out delays. However GN have confirmed via their Twitter that it is only against the emergency timetable shown on journey planners. Which is difficult when trains are disappearing! I can't share images here but have saved snapshots of them saying this.

For the last two weeks I haven't used any of the official timetables or rail company info on day of travel. I am yet to have a morning service run on time.

Earlier this week my service was supposedly on time, yet a quick look at realtimetrains showed it departed the station of origin 5 minutes late and was 7 minutes late into the station before mine.

I delayed leaving home, yet when I arrived at the platform it was still saying on time, yet it was 3 minutes after it was due.

We were told it was 10 minutes late just as it arrived.

Best thing for Northern is to introduce an emergency timetable to run until December when a revised timetable is due.

If Chris Grayling was actually doing his job this is what he would be telling them to do.

The Manchester area is a complete shambles, but this knocks on to the whole of the north as far too many long distance services are now calling at Manchester Victoria, Oxford Road and Airport. One delay at any of those stations and dozens of services are affected.

There is an urgent need for the line to be nationalised.

Northern clearly have not covered themselves with glory concerning their new timetables but you are living in cloud cuckoo land if you think nationalising it will assist.