the metro

[BigPete]

Like i said earlier i was is in South gosforth and car had -7.5C on thermometer

Was that this morning?

Didn't feel that cold at South Gosforth when I was there.

 

[Barnacle Boy]

I was amazed it was running as normal this morning. Me and Wilfy just stood there in stunned silence when our train pulled on time earlier.

Well done Benneth and Kenjamin!

 

[Brian Griffin]

Even southerners manage to keep things going at -2. The metro is an absolute joke.



Entirely plausible, south gosforth is a built up area and the town moor is open land, each will have it's own microclimate

They don't listen to facts mate

 

[pavarotti1980]

Was that this morning?

Didn't feel that cold at South Gosforth when I was there.

No yesterday when the metros went pear shaped

 

[BigPete]

No yesterday when the metros went pear shaped

I was there too there everyday, luckily I arrived as the late metro just arrived so wasn't waiting too long.

Didn't feel that cold I had a hat and face warmer on though

 

[pavarotti1980]

I was there too there everyday, luckily I arrived as the late metro just arrived so wasn't waiting too long.

Didn't feel that cold I had a hat and face warmer on though

I had the heaters on full throttle in the car!

 

[Dark Traveller]

Even southerners manage to keep things going at -2. The metro is an absolute joke.

Snow in London shuts down Tube lines causing travel chaos

 

[redgauntlet]

Neither did Labour when they were in for 10 years.

The offer isn't short - it's what Nexus requested.

Nexus have had close enough to £1Bn in the last decade (including the latest money for new trains). Let that sink in.

Private company got a whack of that for their shareholders.

Like i said earlier i was is in South gosforth and car had -7.5C on thermometer

I worked in the car sheds there in pre metro days. It is a cold spot. The sheds are almost 90 years old and bloody cold to work in.

 

[pavarotti1980]

I worked in the car sheds there in pre metro days. It is a cold spot. The sheds are almost 90 years old and bloody cold to work in.

the Nexus bloke on the radio did say they had plans to change/redevelop the sheds but apparently trains have to sit outside as not enough space for them all.

 

[redgauntlet]

the Nexus bloke on the radio did say they had plans to change/redevelop the sheds but apparently trains have to sit outside as not enough space for them all.

I know, it was always the case even in the dmu days. Pre metro it could often take over two hours to travel from my home in South Shields to Gosforth on public transport. They don’t know they are born today even when things sre bad, they are better than that.

 

[Brian Griffin]

Private company got a whack of that for their shareholders.

They didn't like - it was direct spend on infrastructure

 

[partridge amongst the pig]

They didn't like - it was direct spend on infrastructure

"Facts"...

 

[Butcher's Coat]

They didn't like - it was direct spend on infrastructure

How much were DB syphoning off to the German state run railways then?
Any idea?

 

[Jimmer13]

subject to major delays apparently

Main delay is in the building of Metro stations around Sunderland bassads

 

[Fletch]

the Nexus bloke on the radio did say they had plans to change/redevelop the sheds but apparently trains have to sit outside as not enough space for them all.

Did anyone ask him why it’s unreliable all year not just when it’s cold ??

 

[Barnacle Boy]

Did anyone ask him why it’s unreliable all year not just when it’s cold ??

Its absolutely laughable they're using the size of their sheds as an excuse. Do they not have any idea how f***ing inept that makes them look?

 

[pavarotti1980]

Did anyone ask him why it’s unreliable all year not just when it’s cold ??

He did say that the trains are just too old and becoming unserviceable

Its absolutely laughable they're using the size of their sheds as an excuse. Do they not have any idea how f***ing inept that makes them look?

Amazing how inept they are yet you are so reliant on it

 

[Barnacle Boy]

He did say that the trains are just too old and becoming unserviceable


Amazing how inept they are yet you are so reliant on it

I'm not. But glad you agree about them being inept

 

[pavarotti1980]

I'm not. But glad you agree about them being inept

No I was just quoting you. If you aren't reliant on them you wouldn't be bumping your gums every day. Because you would be on alternative transport and wouldn't care one bit

 

[Barnacle Boy]

No I was just quoting you. If you aren't reliant on them you wouldn't be bumping your gums every day. Because you would be on alternative transport and wouldn't care one bit

You're making a few incorrect (and very ironic) assumptions there