"one" WA Dec 2005 timetable published

[Tangy]

Mon-Fri
Saturday
Sunday
NOTE: All the above files are in PDF format.

Of particular note in the new timetable:
--Every 15 minutes daily on the Chingford line
--Every 15 minutes for London Fields and Cambridge Heath (half hourly on Sundays)
--Every half hour to Enfield and Hertford East (via Turkey Street) on Sundays
--Every 10 minutes at peak times between Edmonton Green and Rectory Road (with a few exceptions)
--New service between Stansted and Stratford bringing new links from Lea Valley and Stansted to Stratford, half hourly in peak, hourly off-peak.
--Stansted Express: Every 15 minutes all day every day with off peak trains calling at either Harlow Town or Bishops Stortford (giving additional fast services to London from these stations, as well as to the airport)
--Every 30 minutes for Roydon and Harlow Mill during off-peak times.

Quite a package of improvements there, well done to one and NatEx

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admin said:

Mon-Fri
Saturday
Sunday
NOTE: All the above files are in PDF format.

Of particular note in the new timetable:
--Every 15 minutes daily on the Chingford line
--Every 15 minutes for London Fields and Cambridge Heath (half hourly on Sundays)
--Every half hour to Enfield and Hertford East (via Turkey Street) on Sundays
--Every 10 minutes at peak times between Edmonton Green and Rectory Road (with a few exceptions)
--New service between Stansted and Stratford bringing new links from Lea Valley and Stansted to Stratford, half hourly in peak, hourly off-peak.
--Stansted Express: Every 15 minutes all day every day with off peak trains calling at either Harlow Town or Bishops Stortford (giving additional fast services to London from these stations, as well as to the airport)
--Every 30 minutes for Roydon and Harlow Mill during off-peak times.

Quite a package of improvements there, well done to one and NatEx

Pity they have been totaaly unable to run the new service which has turned into a complete shambles with massive last minute cancellations every day.

[john]

This is down to drivers not working their rest days. I've heard that ONE had asked drivers to voluntarily work their days off etc, and none have done so. Therefore they've been understaffed. Abit stupid if you ask me lol

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john said:

This is down to drivers not working their rest days. I've heard that ONE had asked drivers to voluntarily work their days off etc, and none have done so. Therefore they've been understaffed. Abit stupid if you ask me lol

Drivers not working their rest days has contributed towards it but is not a significant cause of the problem. There are currently cutting out up to 50% of the service which in no way could have been covered by Overtime..
No company should in any case be relying on overtime to cover the normal schedule.

[john]

Nope it is. I've heard from within the company that this is indeed the problem. Just stupid planning from West Anglia

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john said:

Nope it is. I've heard from within the company that this is indeed the problem. Just stupid planning from West Anglia

The information that I have obtained indicates very clearly it was a mess up by ONE and they had no hope at all of operating the new timetable. They had severe staff shortages had not trained staff on the new route and had not planned the timetable properly. My understanding is the ONE are now facing a substantial fine over this issue.

Here are just todays early morning Cancellation it goes on like this all day. One of the biggest shambles by a rail company to date.

one West Anglia
one West Anglia Cancellations Thursday 29th Dec 2005

Train Cancellations.

The following services are cancelled today.

06.15 Stansted Airport - Liverpool Street

06.18 Enfield Town - Liverpool Street

06.28 Enfield Town - Liverpool Street

06.30 Stansted Airport - Liverpool Street

06.44 Liverpool Street - Cheshunt

06.48 Liverpool Street - Enfield Town

06.48 Enfield Town - Liverpool Street

07.00 Liverpool Street - Chingford

07.15 Stansted Airport - Liverpool Street

07.15 Liverpool Street - Stansted Airport

07.28 Enfield Town - Liverpool Street

07.30 Liverpool Street - Chingford

07.32 Chehsunt - Liverpool Street

08.12 Chingford - Liverpool Street

08.18 Liverpool Street - Enfield Town

08.46 Liverpool Street - Chingford

08.58 Enfield Town - Liverpool Street

09.45 Liverpool Street - Chingford



08:30 Stansted Airport to London Liverpool Street due 09:18
This train will run short formed with 4 carriages between Stansted Airport and London Liverpool Street.


08:00 Norwich to London Liverpool Street due 09:56
This train has now departed from Norwich and is now 17 minutes late.

This is due to awaiting members of the train crew..


08:43 Cambridge to Ipswich due 10:02
This train has been revised.

It will additionally call at: Dullingham.

This is due to a earlier train cancellation..


08:30 London Liverpool Street to Norwich due 10:27
This train has now departed from London Liverpool Street and is now 15 minutes late.

This train has been reinstated.

This is due to a earlier fault on the train..



07:48 Cambridge to London Liverpool Street due 09:03
This train is being delayed and is expected to be 17 minutes late.

This is due to waiting for a train crew member.

[john]

Most of the earlier problems were caused by the reason that i had just stated. Obviously ONE aren't going to say they mucked it up by allowing drivers the chance not to drive!

As i say, i got this information from 2 reliable sources within the ONE company

[DLA 365]

One is not the only train operator to ask their employees to work rest days - apparently Silverlink also do this as their notice at Dalston Kingsland said that drivers who work on Sundays do so voluntarily (who ever heard of a transport system where fares are to be paid being operated by volunteers?!!) and there are staff shortages as they failed to work.

Oh well, at least it gave me a chance to ride Transit Group's buses on the Highbury to Willesden Junction rail replacement.