An Average week - Week beginning 24 Jan

Another averagely crap week for the the long-suffering users of NXEAs "service":

Monday

Didn't travel.

Tuesday

Morning

Dep: Braintree 0815 (0812) And we're off and running... late...
Arr: Stratford 0911 (0907) ... and no change here either.

Evening

Dep: Stratford 1826 (1820) Nope, no improvement here either.
Arr: Witham 1905 (1858)
Dep: Witham 1907 (1901)
Arr: Braintree (1919)

Wednesday

Morning

Dep: Braintree 0817 (0812) Oh dear.
Arr: Stratford 0911 (0907)

Evening

Dep: Stratford 1831 (1820) Bad tonight. Cold as well, too cold to be kept hanging around by these clowns.
Arr: Witham 1906 (1858) Made up some time, whoopee!
Dep: Witham  1907 (1901)
Arr: Braintree 1924 (1919) Jesus wept.

Thursday

Morning

Dep: Braintree 0815 (0812) Why can't they get this train to run on time? I mean it starts from Braintree. How hard can it be for crying out loud?
Arr: Stratford  0909 (0907) The best they've managed since they brought their new timetable in. I arrived at work before 0930 for the first time since 12 December last year. A sign of things to come? Probably not.

Evening

Dep: Stratford 2001 (1955) Later journey tonight after staying on for drinkies at work. Rewarded with yet another cold wait at Stratford for an inexcusably late train. The upside is this one went direct to Braintree, I didn't have to change.
Arr: Braintree 2101 (2050) Hopeless.

Friday

Morning

Dep: Braintree 0729 (0727) Full house of late starts
Arr: Witham 0745 (0743)
Dep: Witham 0755 (0755) This was the weeks only on-time departure.
Arr: Stratford 0835 (0829) Unfortunately...

Evening

Dep: Stratford 1724 (1720)
Arr: Chelmsford 1752 (1744)
Dep: Chelmsford 1806 (1757) According to the tannoy at Chelmsford the delay was caused by a "temporary speed restriction". It didn't say why the restriction was put in place though.
Arr: Braintree 1832 (1928)

One train leaving on time over 4 days ain't brilliant by anyone's standards; although by NXEAs already low standards it's probably above average.

Still, another 5 chances for 'em to fix it next week. Fat chance.