It's not just South Eastern trains.....

[FleetFanatic]

.....driver who works for us headed off to Shrewsbury by train this morning - he called me at work just after midday to say he's stuck on the train just outside Milton Keynes due to points problems!

 

If he's lucky, he might make the 2nd half.....

[Big J R]

Last time they had 'points-problems' in that locality was at Potters Bar, and we all know how that ended..................

[Paulo GNFC]

He's gonna be even more peed off when he get's there.... the game is OFF!!!!

[mala_D]

Poor chap!

[FleetFanatic]

I've just got home from work and spoken to him......hilarious!

 

He managed to get a different connection from Birmingham which would have got him to Shrewsbury for 14.30......

 

.....(notice the words 'would have').....

 

.....except there are very high winds up there right now and trees all over the line - he's currently stuck at a place called Hanstead (North of Birmingham) and the guard told him there's been reports of a tornado ripping the roof off a car park in the town centre!!!!!

 

Glad I went to work now.....I see from sky sports that there are games getting abandoned as we speak due to high winds too.

[mala_D]

Leicester fan killed by the high winds. Flying debris? Not sure yet! Terrible.

[mala_D]

Correction...they've just said Everton fan!

And two Huddersfield fans injured when advertising hoardings blew into the stands !

[FleetFanatic]

Last heard from him @ 18.20 - he was then stuck at Birmingham with no trains back to Euston due to fallen trees..... he was trying to get to Leamington / Banbury to get a train towards Marylebone.....

[Alan ( GNFC )]

I didnt realise people travelled by train -dig them up and make them toll roads with a minimum speed I say !!

[American FLEET FAN No1]

Why not dig up the roads and Make them HIGH speed railways??????.....Ah......the good old days!!!!!

[Alan ( GNFC )]

Er , maybe because instead of sitting in dirty compartments with a lot of unknown folk, you can travel with your choice of companion(s), door to door, listening to your choice of radio channel/CD.

[FleetFanatic]

Incidently, the chap finally got home at just after 11pm!!!!!

 

A quality day out - lmao.....