The loudspeaker at London Bridge: “We apologise for the delays, train alterations and short notice delays at London Bridge. All trains in and out of London are currently delayed due to severe weather conditions.”
I was one of the few on the station, that were actually enjoying the bit of snow that we were blessed with today. However even in this happy state I could not resist to share some of the fury that everybody at the station were experiencing against the train service providers.
The train that I got on was only delayed by about half an hour, so I can be considered lucky and please don’t think that I’m complaining. Most of the people on the station though, were ranting about their services being canceled, or about having to wait for over an hour to get a train home. The delays were between 60 and 120 minutes (at least according to the loudspeaker).
How can a service that has been running for so many years, that employs “high level professionals” and that prides itself on the level of comfort which they provide to their customers fail so badly at being prepared for the centimetres of snow? It’s hilarious.
Armed with my little Nokia E71, I took the liberty of taking a few pictures of the view that I had while on the platform.
So, having seen the “Severe weather conditions”, what do you have to say about the failure?