BDF-LDN Train Stories

Welcome to my diary of commuting fails, courtesy of the substandard train companies ‘serving’ the Bedford-to-London commuting public

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@bedspolice what’s going on with the trains then? Why are all services on EMR and Thameslink lines cancelled?

[BDF-LDN Train Stories @BemusedCommuter]

@JtMclure @EastMidRailway @TLRailUK Easy for you to say, I’ve been up since 4am and just want to get home after a long day in work. This is too much of a regular occurrence for these incompetent companies.

[BDF-LDN Train Stories @BemusedCommuter]

What the hell is going on? No trains to Bedford from St Pancras. @TLRailUK @EastMidRailway

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And your ‘delay repay’ website is broken.

[BDF-LDN Train Stories @BemusedCommuter]

@EastMidRailway once again the train to Corby on Platform 1 has been cancelled. 1) the “train manager” was late getting in on another service. 2) when that service did arrive he put on a “do not contact” message so you’ve cancelled the service, forcing us all to run over to P4 😡

[BDF-LDN Train Stories @BemusedCommuter]

@EastMidRailway once again the Corby train is cancelled and we’ve been moved to Platform 4 at St Pancras. Sort yourselves out.

[BDF-LDN Train Stories @BemusedCommuter]

@EastMidRailway Now you’re telling us there’s a fault on the Corby train. None of these lies of excuses would be delaying Thameslink services too. Sort yourselves out.

[BDF-LDN Train Stories @BemusedCommuter]

@EastMidRailway Your app says problems with the train, half the announcements at St Pancras say it’s “trespassers” and the other half say “the cause of the delay is being investigated”. It’s an absolute joke.

[BDF-LDN Train Stories @BemusedCommuter]

@EastMidRailway Platform 2 everyone - this one’s for Corby too (at the moment) 🤷‍♂️

[BDF-LDN Train Stories @BemusedCommuter]

@EastMidRailway what’s going on with the Corby service this evening then? 6:17pm going to be half an hour late leaving (and it’s only 4 carriages at that). Why?

[BDF-LDN Train Stories @BemusedCommuter]

Currently abandoned by the train crew on Platform 1 at St Pancras International, @EastMidRailway 😂 the driver’s words, not mine 😂

[BDF-LDN Train Stories @BemusedCommuter]

Here we go… let’s try and get to Bedford…

[BDF-LDN Train Stories @BemusedCommuter]

@EastMidRailway @andybullyuk Be warned, you’ll receive nothing for your efforts. Good luck though 🤞

[BDF-LDN Train Stories @BemusedCommuter]

@bealolufc @TLRailUK Wouldn’t bother. @TLRailUK will blame a different operator or literally anything else to escape any claim. Good luck on your journeys 👌

[BDF-LDN Train Stories @BemusedCommuter]

Having spent the last 8 months commuting to London from Bedford with somewhat mixed feelings, I’ve decided to diarise the chaos @EastMidRailway and @TLRailUK cause the commuting public. To mix analogies: buckle up, it might be a bumpy ride.

[BDF-LDN Train Stories @BemusedCommuter]

And we’ve departed! Let’s see where to 👀

[BDF-LDN Train Stories @BemusedCommuter]

@EastMidRailway I’m on the 18:17 from St Pancras to Corby. It’s 18:36 and we still haven’t departed. Only message from crew was “something” is being “looked at”.

Any clue?

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Update: announcement we’re “only calling at Kettering. If you wish to travel beyond Kettering please go to Platform 3”. Zero mention of Luton Airport Parkeay, Luton, Bedford, Wellingborough… guess I’ll stay put and see where I end up 🤷‍♂️

[BDF-LDN Train Stories @BemusedCommuter]

Hello! Welcome to my diary of commuting fails, courtesy of the substandard train companies ‘serving’ the Bedford-to-London commuting public.