Harpenden Thameslink Commuters

Thameslink slashed key Harpenden services in the May 2018 timetable. We are campaigning to restore the service so many people rely on #saveHPDtrains

[Harpenden Thameslink Commuters @HPDCommuters]

@TLRailUK @TweetingCollins It’s one thing when there is disruption due to something going wrong. But @TLRailUK go out of their way to make large numbers of their customers suffer more than necessary.

[Harpenden Thameslink Commuters @HPDCommuters]

Only train running out of London for 45 minutes and @TLRailUK drop stops at Harpenden as well as other stations north of Luton. @TweetingCollins Thameslink abandoning Hpd again

[Harpenden Thameslink Commuters @HPDCommuters]

@TLRailUK @TweetingCollins There is still time to reinstate the stops on the 1716 from ZFD. There is no justification for running a service fast when there isn’t another one directly behind.

[Harpenden Thameslink Commuters @HPDCommuters]

@TLRailUK @TweetingCollins That’s great. What about people wanting the 1716. But you’ve chosen to run that fast and abandon people who aren’t going to your favourite stations. So @TLRailUK thinks it acceptable for people to be unnecessarily delayed for 75 minutes.

[Harpenden Thameslink Commuters @HPDCommuters]

Hi @TLRailUK
Please can you justify the website saying you’re running a good service with the fact there are no services running north of St Albans until 20:51 as you’ve cancelled services due to planning errors?

[Harpenden Thameslink Commuters @HPDCommuters]

So once again @TLRailUK demonstrates passenger interest come bottom of the pile. Train stopped for 90 minutes due to signal or points problems (they weren’t very clear which) then make it all stops to see if you can delay everyone by 2 hours.

[Emily Monastiriotis @EMonastiriotis]

@TLRailUK when will you finally install e ticket readers at Farringdon? The queues to get in and out of the station are horrendous as you need to find gate staff to open gate and scan your ticket with a handheld device! Today I missed my train as a result @HPDCommuters

[Emily Monastiriotis @EMonastiriotis]

So train is delayed… and you remove key stops thereby delaying people trying to just get home even further. Then next Bedford train is all stations. @HPDCommuters

[Emily Monastiriotis @EMonastiriotis]

@TLRailUK you have cancelled the 21.46 Farringdon to Bedford train. Why can’t you run even the small fraction of trains that are meant to be running? @HPDCommuters

[Harpenden Thameslink Commuters @HPDCommuters]

Hi @TLRailUK. Running fewer services does NOT help passengers. Please run as many services as you can and keep journey planners up to date. Or is this just a ploy to avoid paying compensation for people still paying full ticket prices for a reduced service? @BimAfolami @LouHaigh

[Harpenden Thameslink Commuters @HPDCommuters]

Hey @TLRailUK can you let us know why the fast services at 17.36; 17.56 and 18:11 from St Pancras are all cancelled? A 60% cancellation rate at the peak of the evening rush hour? Can we have a 60% discount on our fares? #JustNotGoodEnough
@BimAfolami @transportgovuk

[Harpenden Thameslink Commuters @HPDCommuters]

@christianwolmar @LNER First train from Harpenden to London wasn’t until 0750 and @TLRailUK only ran an 8 carriage service. Loads of people unable to board.

[Harpenden Thameslink Commuters @HPDCommuters]

Not only were people left on the platform after the the 0750, even the next train couldn’t accommodate people trying to get to work to earn the money to pay @TLRailUK rail fares

[Harpenden Thameslink Commuters @HPDCommuters]

Given you’ve had four days to plan, was it really a good idea to use an 8 carriage train as the first service to London at 0750, @TLRailUK ?

[Harpenden Thameslink Commuters @HPDCommuters]

Its very sad that someone was hit by a train near Gatwick, but all these hours later why is @TLRailUK still only running slow services on part of the route? You could have split the route to provide a service to the northern route like previous operators did.

[Harpenden Thameslink Commuters @HPDCommuters]

.@TLRailUK please can you explain why again tonight you are axing trains stopping at Harpenden? As you can see the 17.36 was pretty much on time… the next schedule train is 10 minutes delayed. EMT run trains that run fast to Luton and Bedford. @BimAfolami @transportgovuk

[Harpenden Thameslink Commuters @HPDCommuters]

@AlisonEarle8 Sure. Anytime.

[Harpenden Thameslink Commuters @HPDCommuters]

.@TLRailUK Please can you explain why problem with the power lines at Stevenage mean multiple successive trains calling at #Harpenden are cancelled? @BimAfolami

[Emily Monastiriotis @EMonastiriotis]

@TLRailUK @HPDCommuters 2. Things. 1. Overhead wires are in stevenage and not on our line. 2. The driver has come on an said it’s a “minor incident” on our train so nothing on overhead wires and no proper updates and we are stuck in sidelines wondering when we will move. @BBCTomEdwards

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