**** off.
Just **** off forever.
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**** off.
Just **** off forever.
Get a bus next time
Oh dear. What have they done this time?
By far the most useless bunch of fvckwits imaginable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kiffa
I share your pain.
AKA Arriva Trains Fails
As a user of arriva trains last night, they are not as good as useless.Quote:
Originally Posted by TH63
The company who likes to treat it's customers as potential criminals, beware on big match days their hired mafia are out in force.
Dear old Arriva Trains Wales in trouble again? I can't believe that on Saturdays on the Milford to Manchester route (not exactly a 30 minute trip up the Valleys) there are still usually only two coaches (don't know about weekdays) so it's like a cattle truck, especially this time of year.
Arriva Trains Wales would like to apologise to customers who'd wished we would **** off. ****ing off has been delayed due to operational difficulties. Please check information boards for details of when we will actually **** off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kiffa
My advice is t0 sack the trains off use national express for long distance journeys which is great value for money. Uber for shorter distances. May cost more but you are not surrounded by scum and these services are 100% more reliable.
the franchise must be up soon and the welsh government will decide on who gets it next.
Renationalise please.
I travelled with them recently to London. From Sophia Gardens to Victoria Coach Station. The cost? Five quid. I don't know how they make a profit but I'll definitely use again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bluebird since 1948
I notice they are closing Queen St early again next Saturday. I thought they were going to stop that and encourage valley lines passengers to go from there instead of Central.
http://www.itv.com/news/wales/2016-1...ail-franchise/Quote:
Originally Posted by Rjk
AKA Arriva Pain SnailsQuote:
Originally Posted by Enoch Mort
AKA Arriva Twats WalesQuote:
Originally Posted by Ring_Peace
Quote:
Originally Posted by TH63
All these bids will mean that the foreign-owned railways will be making profit out of Welsh services whilst the Welsh public sector is not even being allowed to bid - that is a ludicrous situation that we should be uniting to fight.<cite class="quote__cite-text">– Mick Cash, leader RMT union</cite>
It gets better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Colonel Cærdiffi
Wag currently pays arriva trains Wales £170m a year to make a complete pigs breakfast of our train service.
Arriva Trains Wales is a subsidiary of the German nationalised rail service.
You really couldn't make it up
There's plenty of paper talk about the new franchise delivering the Metro, but I can't help but think that rather than a modern, fully integrated transport system for South Wales with electrified light rail and trams, it's just going to end up being a few extra stations and some more buses. In about ten years.
I share your concerns, I saw a video of what they were planning on doing with the South Wales rail system and it was largely what we already have made to look better by fancy graphics and imagery. Let's be honest the rail structure within the city is terrible, not sure what can be done about it but those that made the decision of where to put the stations within the city limits did a pretty bad job of it, many parts of the city are nowhere near a local station taking them to the city centre.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry Shitpeas
Whole thing needs shaking up.
Back when I lived in Cadoxton, I would regularly get the train into town.
Half the time the station was not staffed.
I would see nobody on the train to buy a ticket.
Duh. Invest. In people. Make money. Buy a tad more rolling stock, and employ a few more people.
Back in September there was about 40 of us from our caravan park in Manorbier who got on the train at Manorbier station to go into Tenby to watch Ironman, Wales. The station was unmanned, there was no option to buy a ticket on the train and no option to buy a ticket at Tenby station. It was exactly the same going back in the evening.
God knows how much money they lost out on that day because both carriages where rammed going and coming back.
They'd be controlling 'Wales and the borders'. Can't see WG controlling thbut borders being popular there, but it would be great here. They also need to demand electrified rail, else pay for it themselves. I can't believe that we still don't have it. The national infrastructure in Wales is a disgrace. Of course, this isn't all the WG's fault, but they could go ahead and try and fix it now. They've had 20 yearsQuote:
Originally Posted by Rjk
When Arriva were awarded the franchise they were told there would be 0% growth in the 15 year term of the franchise.
Hence no investment in new/more rolling stock.
Growth must have doubled in that time and who ever came up with the forecast of 0% growth should be made to travel on any rush hour service to and from Treherbert every day for the next year.
That would have been someone in the strategic rail authority, who were based in Westminster.Quote:
Originally Posted by Its been emotional
They probably had never heard of treherbet.
Or that Cardiff Council planning department usually plan changes to the city's road system on a Friday afternoon after they've been out for a few pints at lunchtime.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rjk
Worst service. Worst customer service. Worst prices. Worst company ever. I drive to work instead now..
Are you a train driver?Quote:
Originally Posted by BlueArmy 86
It's around six years since I caught a bus, and was aghast at the extortionate fare. TheTrainline.com says a return to Cardiff Central from Treherbert is £7.90. If Stagecoach run a service on the same route it probably costs more and takes a lot longer.
Where is Mick The Miller? :train: :sherlock:
Held my powder too long on this thread but just have to post something.
I have many stories too numerous to mention and some similar to previous posts. Written to their "complaints department", ha bloody ha, weeks later got some generic reply but not a hint of an apology just some excuse exonerating them of any blame.
If most of us did our jobs as badly, we wouldn't be in employment long. In fact due to their devil may care attitude and seeming unwillingness to address the piss poor service which continually makes people late for their work, some WON'T be in employment long!
It's like a sick joke :angry: