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Beginner August 2011

aargh stupid trains!

pinkglitter, 5 June, 2011 at 09:23 Posted on Planning 0 8

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Hi, just a rant really, but....We specifically searched for a venue an hour max from London by train to make it as easy as possible for people as lots of friends will be coming from London. Now, the train company is closing the whole line for the fortnight that our wedding is in the middle of!!! SO ANNOYING! Its going to nearly double the journey time for people on the way (now 1 hr 40) and on the Sunday there's a replacement bus part way ie all loads of faffing!!! I just hope it doesn't put people off - have already had no's due to things like yachting holidays (we only sent Save the Dates LAST NOV!!)

rant over.... x

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Latest activity by *Mini*, 5 June, 2011 at 11:36

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*Nursey* · 5 June, 2011 at 09:56
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Could your friends not club together to hire a minibus or something? That's probably as expensive as the train
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Beginner January 2012
*Mini* · 5 June, 2011 at 09:59
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What line and when??
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Beginner August 2011
pinkglitter · 5 June, 2011 at 10:46
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Chiltern Railways in August... http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/news/august-engineering-work-information

Good plan NurseBride2B, will investigate - thanks! x
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Beginner July 2013
Tray1980 · 5 June, 2011 at 10:49
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Or if there are too many for a mini-bus, how about clubbing together for a coach?
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Beginner June 2011
Saisi · 5 June, 2011 at 11:11
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Definitely have a look.

We're in London and we found that the cost of hiring a Routemaster was barely more expensive than the cost of hiring a 'standard' modern coach... so you could look into it and turn it into one of the 'features' of the wedding IYSWIM?

Good luck, it is SO annoying when stuff like that happens and I'm off to check our line is alright now!
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ajdown · 5 June, 2011 at 11:14
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Whilst I do understand the frustration of necessary engineering work on the railways messing about with people's travel plans, I do always find it interesting when people complain about disruption on the trains yet happily crawl through hours of roadworks, contraflows and diversions on the motorway and think 2it's just one of those things".
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Beginner January 2012
*Mini* · 5 June, 2011 at 11:18
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Cant say I have ever "happily" crawled through hours of roadworks.
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Beginner June 2011
Saisi · 5 June, 2011 at 11:18
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I meant, it's annoying when it falls on your weekend. Simply because if I was planning a party, the advance warning railways give is plenty of time to arrange a party on a non-engineering day, but weddings need to be planned in advance so it's pot luck regarding engineering weekends.

I don't drive so actually, I never happily crawl through hours of roadworks... I use the trains very frequently and don't often complain about them either. I fully understand engineering works and I fully understand fatalities or other incidents. What annoys me about trains is when they are always late. I use both Southern and South West Trains and find that SWT are almost always on time whereas Southern tend to be 1-2 minutes late, with every train. THAT annoys me.
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Beginner January 2012
*Mini* · 5 June, 2011 at 11:36
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I hate the train announcers voice on Southern trains. And the fact she tells you what the next stop will be about 10 mins before you actually get there.
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