Some thoughts on NXEA getting the sack

I cannot deny I am beyond overjoyed that NXEA are finally out on their collective arses.

NXEAs reaction to their sacking was illustrative of the whole mindset of the company:

 "...We are very disappointed not to have been shortlisted to bid for the Greater Anglia franchise.

"We believe we put forward a very positive and high quality submission building on the significant improvements delivered on National Express East Anglia.

"We are therefore seeking further clarification from the Department for Transport to explain this decision..."

Putting forward a "... positive and high quality submission..." ain't really going to do you any good if you're so shite at your job your own passengers will only give you the second lowest passenger satisfaction rating in the country. It seems the people who award the franchises have finally started looking to see how a company is actually performing before re-employing them; and NXEA have been shown to be not up to the job.

Just more proof if any were needed just how out of touch the management at National Express are.

They were always just in it just for the money they got from taxpayer subsidies. That much became obvious when  it became clear that the East Coast Mainline was a money pit and the bastards dropped it like a hot cake.

Hopefully, rail users in this country will have finally seen the back of this bunch of money grubbing chancers. They should stick to trying to run their buses on time. They could never make their trains run on time. Or at all on occasion.

There is a God

The use less f*ckers have been sacked!!!! Halleluja there is a God.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12853304

Now please let the Dutch get the franchise. I lived in the Netherlands for 3 years and their rail services were second to none.

Another NXEA F*ck up - 23 March 2011

The moronic incompetents running NXEA f*cked us up again tonight.

There was a speed restriction on the mainline again tonight for one stupid reason or another. Every bloody train apart from the ones going to f*cking Southend was being delayed from Stratford. Strangely, they never seem to have a problem. Everything else was backed up by at least 20 minutes.

I got the 1806 for Ipswich... at 1828.

This train leaves Liverpool St 3 minutes before the Braintree service and doesn't stop between Stratford and Witham. The Braintree train stops at Shenfield and Chelmsford so in the real world the Ipswich train should have been at Witham well before the Braintree train.

However, in the demented f*cked up world inhabited by the tossers at NXEA the Braintree train was pushed through on the fast line while the Ipswich train was pushed onto the slow line.

Even worse, the dickheads couldn't be arsed to hold the Braintree train at Witham so the passengers for Braintree on the Ipswich train could connect. They couldn't even be bothered ot hold it for the connecting train they TIMETABLED in December.

Wankers, the lot of 'em. The only high point all evening was watching the pricks at Witham station being berated by the people their bosses had screwed over. The anger was genuine and universal; the poor bastards were totally overwhelmed having been hung out to dry by the cretins running the railway.

Christ I really do hate these mindless f*ckers.

For all the good it'll do I sent yet another on-line complaint to NXEA. But the arrogant incompetent bastards won't give a flying f*ck as usual.

The usual crap - The week beginning 7 March 2011

Monday

Morning

Dep: Braintree 0812 (0812)
Arr: Stratford 0909 (0907)

Evening

Dep: Stratford 1555  Early finish today.
Arr: Braintree 1701

Tuesday

Morning

Dep: Braintree 0812 (0812)
Arr: Stratford 0911 (0907)

Evening

Dep: Stratford 1822 (1820)
Arr: Witham 1902 (1858)
Dep: Witham 1903 (1901)
Arr: Braintree 1918 (1919)

Wednesday

Morning

Dep: Braintree 0815 (0812)
Arr: Stratford  0909 (0907)

Evening

Dep: Stratford 1909 (1909) Late finish tonight to make up the time I lost on Monday.
Arr: Braintree 2008 (2008)

Thursday

Didn't travel today.

Friday

Morning

Dep: Braintree 0727 (0727)
Arr: Witham 0744 (0743)
Dep: Witham 0755 (0755)
Arr: Stratford 0831 (0829)

Evening

Dep: Stratford 1821 (1820) Another late finish to make up time.
Arr: Witham 1858 (1858) On time!
Dep: Witham 1900 (1901) Left early. Naughty.
Arr: Braintree 1918 (1919)

After Monday anything would be an improvement

NXEA still showing they're incapable of running things. After Mondays balls-up it didn't get any better...

Tuesday

Morning
Dep: Braintree 0813 (0812) Late starting.
Arr: Stratford  0910 (0907) And late arriving.

Evening
Dep: Stratford  1820 (1820) A miracle! This one was on time - perhaps for the first time ever....
Arr: Witham  1858 (1858) Still on time - this was definitely a first.
Dep: Witham 1901 (1901) Could it be. Are they actually going to run a train on time end-to-end?
Arr: Braintree 1916 (1919) Jesus! Early. Hang out the flags.

Wednesday

Morning
Dep: Braintree 0813 (0812)
Arr: Stratford 0914 (0907) And back to the dross....

Evening
Dep: Stratford 1822 (1820) Yep here we go, back to the usual sh*t
Arr: Witham  1902 (1858) Late arriving.
Dep: Witham 1903 (1901) Late departing.
Arr: Braintree 1917 (1919) Early again!

Thursday

Morning
Dep: Braintree 0813 (0812) Well they're consistent.
Arr: Stratford 0920 (0907) And getting later...

Evening
Dep: Stratford 1821 (1820) Nope still can't get it right
Arr: Witham  1900 (1858) Oooohhh close but no cigar.
Dep: Witham 1902 (1901)
Arr: Braintree 1917 (1919) Early yet again.

Friday

Morning
Dep: Braintree 0731 (0727) Same rubbish as before.
Arr: Witham  0746 (0743) Oh well the wait for the connection should be shorter...
Dep: Witham 0759 (0755) ...or not.
Arr: Stratford  0838 (0829) Utter utter shite. How do they f*ck up so consistently?

Evening
Dep: Stratford 1726 (1720) Just goes to prove that any train these dickheads manage to run on time is total fluke.
Arr: Chelmsford 1747 (1744) Shortened wait in the cold?
Dep: Chelmsford 1800 (1757) Course not.
Arr: Braintree  1828 (1828) This'll be claimed as on time. It wasn't. It was late all along the route; just arriving on time at the destination does not constitute on time.

Another dismal effort.  And we've still not had their quarterly major f*ck-up. That's still hanging like the Sword of Damocles.

And now, to add insult to the misery, the up-to-now, free car parking for commuters at Braintree Freeport is about to go as the owners have decided they're now going to start charging 3 quid a day to stay longer than 6 hours. Handily, this will stitch-up the commuters wanting to use the car park nicely.

F*ck 'em I'd sooner walk than pay these money grubbing bastards.