May 28, 2008
No escape
I had a cunning plan to sneak back to Norwich tonight, to pick up some paperwork, water the plants, and so on. Unfortunately our great rail network had other plans:
"Operating incident", I was reliably informed by the guy at the ticket office (who amazingly unquestioningly refunded my ticket), is a euphamism for "some guy drove a lorry into the new bridge outside the station".
Figuring the packed tube to Stratford and onward trains would be a living hell, I decided to abandon my trip. The last diversion "via Stratford" took almost four hours to complete, and I really didn't fancy arriving at nearly midnight only to get up again at 5am.
Checking the various rail websites it seems the "operating incident" is still a problem:
Hurrah for the British transport network.
Update: Turns out it wasn't a lorry, but the muppets at Network Rail shuffling the bridge around while trains ran underneath. See Seconds from Disaster: Thousands stranded as rail bridge collapses.
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Posted by savs at May 28, 2008 9:35 PMWhat you need is a folding bike. Then next time, you can just ride it to Stratford.
Posted by: niq at May 28, 2008 11:10 PM