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Very bad day for NXEC

March 11, 2008 on 10:00 pm | In NXEC |

NXEC have had a really bad day today. At the last count they have had 5 separate trains fail.

  • Broken down train near Leeds - trains were delayed on other routes as well because this train was stopping trains from leaving a depot near Leeds.
  • We were receiving reports of a fatality near St Neots. However this later was confirmed as another NXEC broken down train.
  • Later on that morning there was a “fault with a train” near to Glasgow. This again was a broken down NXEC service.
  • Around lunchtime another NXEC broken down train was stuck at Huntingdon. Services were disrupted and terminated short at Huntingdon.
  • Just at the start of the peak another “fault with a train” developed on a train at Hornsey . This again was an NXEC service.

Just what the hell are National Express playing at is anyone’s guess! Perhaps its the first stage of NX’s cost cutting? They cant claim bad luck, as since when do 5 services fail in one day?

Yes trains fail and you may even have two failure’s in one day, but to have 5 in one day shows how bad the maintenance is getting. There was never this many failures in one day when GNER was around.

If you count up all the delays which National Express have caused and tot up all the fines they will have to pay to Notwork Rail and the other train operators for the trains messing up, it is going to be a lot of money.
Don’t forget that NXEC will also have to pay compensation to their customers and pay for the compensation given by other operator’s because of their failures.

3 Comments

  1. The failure at Leeds indeed failed across Neville Hill depot exit causing extensive local delays as well as preventing further stock exiting the depot until the assistance Thunderbird arrived from Doncaster!

    Comment by JsT — March 11, 2008 #

  2. I think many people don’t bother claiming for delays, therefore the cost to NXEC of a cancelled train *might* be less than the cost reductions of reducing maintenance. Although without any figures to go on, I can only speculate.

    NXEC are abolishing many staff and also trying to do their best to destroy the good morale at GNER as well as eliminate all traces of the trusted brand name.

    If you get a bus company to operate a franchise, then a bus quality operation is what you are going to get. Their bid was cheap for a reason!

    Comment by Yorkie — March 12, 2008 #

  3. They are all theiving bastards trying to make profits at the travellers expense. Bring back nationalisation

    Comment by Razor Ronnie — March 12, 2008 #

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