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Originally Posted by Pierre
this is civil engineering not accountancy or tippy tapping on a key board.
Some times issues arise and to do things safely e.g. On a railway and with high voltage overhead lines it can take time.
I don't know how often you use the east coast main line. I use it 2/3 times a month. And there were prominent information posters advising that there would be high levels of disruption over the Christmas period.
I'm sure they're doing all they can, and I would doubt this has anything to do with " cheap" work
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Wow, not sure this could be any more patronising.
Issues do indeed arise, which is why you put in contingency. Even us 'tippy tappers on a keyboard' know this. The bigger the potential impact of issues the more contingency you put into the plan to mitigate them.
The comments about safety are odd given my post; they were replacing overhead lines so there is no electrical danger to be had unless they were feeling daring and left the power on.
Until relatively recently I used the ECML for 4 journeys every fortnight. My daughter lived in London while I was in Yorkshire and that was how I grabbed her each alternate weekend, so I'm quite familiar with the ECML, thank you.
There was exactly nothing indicating that there would be no trains running between Kings Cross and Finsbury Park this weekend which is presumably why no alternative timetables are in place and the train operators and National Rail are currently scrambling to produce one.
Incidentally, yes, Network Rail use cheap contractors. They've a long and distinguished history in their various guises for it. No care for value, just spending as little as possible.
You have incredibly low expectations of the rail service if you're fine with a main line being closed for at least 24 hours due to work that was supposed to take 24 hours. Someone messed up badly on the implementation of the work, someone else with the planning. End result being that for the past 5 hours tens of thousands have been waiting to see if their train is going to Peterborough, Stevenage or Finsbury Park, if it goes anywhere.
Still I thought other people who may be travelling would find my post useful. I will update the thread as and when I get any information.