London travel issues

[ElginHibbie]

Anyone involved in the debacle that was Waverly station today?

Supposed to be getting on 4pm train to London, this was delayed and then cancelled when we were then told to go the train that was mane to leave at 3pm but was still delayed. Then after 50 minutes waiting on that train being told there was no chance of getting to London.

So there goes my chance of going to the Brazil, and I can begin to describe how pissed off I am.

[Pretty Boy]

Not going down so no idea what went on today.

Is it just me or should some common sense not have been used weeks ago when this fixture was announced and the Transport Police and rail complanies come up with a plan to run some kind of old school 'football special'?

They must have known the demand would be high for the game and that trains and flight would bbook up sharpish.

[WarringtonHibee]

I presume that's East Coast?

Might be worth shooting down the WCML to Preston on the 18:52 tonight, stay somewhere cheap then get a early train to London Euston tomorrow morning?

Would cost a fair bit more though!

[ElginHibbie]

It was East Coast and all they told us was "signalling problems" and on a train that was packed with two trains worth of Scotland fans it didn't go down well.

[Hibs Class]

There have been major problems on the east coast line today due to (I think) power and signalling problems in yorkshire.

[Moulin Yarns]

Now I might be wrong here, but when there have been problems on lines in Scotland Scotrail were putting on coaches to cover the trains to ensure passengers got to their destinations. Why is it not possible for GNER or whoever run the east coast trains do the same.



It seems the customer is no longer king, what with certain low cost airlines taking no responsibility for their ticket holders when ther was a wee bit of snow, and now, just because the rail network are owned by one private company and the trains owned by another nobody is willing to take responsibility.

[hibsbollah]

And we all used to make fun of british rail...
Id take them back in a second.

[ElginHibbie]

Getting a megabus overnight now. All I need to do now is to decided if I should wear my kilt on the bus or change when I get there

[Viva_Palmeiras]

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Getting a megabus overnight now. All I need to do now is to decided if I should wear my kilt on the bus or change when I get there

presume you are going traditional in which case I'd recommend changing later. 10 hrs is it on the coach - severe chafing potential - owch!
I've been on the coach the other way I think it left Victoria at 10:30pm got in to Embra 7:30 ish that was a loooong trip - good luck! Glad to hear you'll make it

[lucky]

I flew down to London at 0705 for the TUC demo and the plane was packed with our so called best behaved fans. The behaviour of some them made me feel ashamed to be Scottish.

[Gatecrasher]

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I flew down to London at 0705 for the TUC demo and the plane was packed with our so called best behaved fans. The behaviour of some them made me feel ashamed to be Scottish.

a couple of folk on facebook saying its kicking off, is that true?

[essexhibee]

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a couple of folk on facebook saying its kicking off, is that true?

Didn't think there would be much potential for trouble tbh thought it would go smoothly.

Is this trouble English fans fighting with us?

[Pretty Boy]

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a couple of folk on facebook saying its kicking off, is that true?

One of my mates, a girl of 18, was on facebook saying she got a punch in the face from a guy in a Scotland top.

She's a big Scotland fan, TA and travel club member etc so no idea what she would have done to upset the guy, can only assume he was just drunk. She said there have been a few isolated fights but nothing major.

[Gatecrasher]

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Didn't think there would be much potential for trouble tbh thought it would go smoothly.

Is this trouble English fans fighting with us?

i dont know, they might be taking oot their arse or i have misunderstood the chat but they were saying similar to lucky's comment above and i assumed thats what may have happened

[Gatecrasher]

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One of my mates, a girl of 18, was on facebook saying she got a punch in the face from a guy in a Scotland top.

She's a big Scotland fan, TA and travel club member etc so no idea what she would have done to upset they guy, can only assume he was just drunk. She said there have been a few isolated fights but nothing major.

thats a shame, some folk just cant behave themselves

[Viva_Palmeiras]

I was speaking with my wife about potential for today.

Imagine if England were playing at Hampden and descended on George Sq. en masse.

Whilst I hope there's not widespread trouble (and would suspect not) there will be pockets of incidents.

I was in London for Euro 96 and my mates got involved in a scrap in Islington after the game - glad I was relatively incognito as I was wearing a Roma top at the time.

[Pretty Boy]

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thats a shame, some folk just cant behave themselves

I'm not a huge fan of the Scotland national team so have never been away with them.

I have been away with Hibs a few times over the years and abroad for a few big boxing matches and it's always the same; the majority are no bother at all but all it takes is a stupid minority and it can cause all sorts of problems.

[khib70]

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thats a shame, some folk just cant behave themselves

Apparently not. According to the BBC, the disruption on the East Coast Main Line was caused by some chavs nicking the copper signalling wire.

[Little Miss Perfect]

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Anyone involved in the debacle that was Waverly station today?

Supposed to be getting on 4pm train to London, this was delayed and then cancelled when we were then told to go the train that was mane to leave at 3pm but was still delayed. Then after 50 minutes waiting on that train being told there was no chance of getting to London.

So there goes my chance of going to the Brazil, and I can begin to describe how pissed off I am.

Aye my cousin was on the 3pm train too,not sure if he is going to try and get there tomorrow or just not bother.

[lucky]

Bedlam in the city center. Anarchist causing chaos and lots of drunk Scots scrapping with English neds

[Judas Iscariot]

Jaikies day oot..

[Hibernia Na Eir]

Best avoid Fortnum and Mason or The Ritz for afternoon tea tomorrow

[SunnyLeither]

nearly bother at York as 400 pisssed off trade unionists had their train cancelled back to Edinburgh, bloody lucky the crew on the last train out of York heading to Newcastle agreed to extend their shift to Edinburgh - well done them and get it sorted East Coast Railways yer a bunch o amatuers... Bring back British Rail

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nearly bother at York as 400 pissed trade unionists had their train cancelled back to Edinburgh, bloody lucky the crew on the last train out of York heading to Newcastle agreed to extend their shift to Edinburgh - well done them and get it sorted East Coast Railways yer a bunch o amatuers... Bring back British Rail

I'd have left you

And I sorted your post

[Gatecrasher]

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I'm not a huge fan of the Scotland national team so have never been away with them.

I have been away with Hibs a few times over the years and abroad for a few big boxing matches and it's always the same; the majority are no bother at all but all it takes is a stupid minority and it can cause all sorts of problems.

iv not had the chance to go abroad with Hibs, i would love to but i can imagine every club having the minority that cause trouble.

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Apparently not. According to the BBC, the disruption on the East Coast Main Line was caused by some chavs nicking the copper signalling wire.

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Bedlam in the city center. Anarchist causing chaos and lots of drunk Scots scrapping with English neds

maybe it was a bad idea having so many people heading to London in one day?

[SunnyLeither]

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thought you might like that...... Where's that angry smiley on the lite version? Sort it Billy

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thought you might like that...... Where's that angry smiley on the lite version? Sort it Billy

You need a better phone



Type in grr with colons either side

[Dashing Bob S]

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Best avoid Fortnum and Mason or The Ritz for afternoon tea tomorrow

Never!

[bighairyfaeleith]

East Coast is run by the government, so effectively they are british rail

[Part/Time Supporter]

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maybe it was a bad idea having so many people heading to London in one day?

It's nothing to do with that. It was the regular Saturday service and it would have been ****ed even if there had been a normal number of folk travelling.