Penalty Fare Appeal Support

Archive for July, 2010

(Photograph: Dan Chung/Reuters)

The Coroners inquest into the Potters Bar train crash concluded today with the Coroner, Judge Michael Findlay Baker QC, raising fears that more passengers death could happen.

Today, after the jury concluded there were failures of inspection and/or maintenance of the points in the period before the crash, the coroner said he would file a report warning of continued risk of other deaths on the rail network .

The coroner also criticised the ‘indefensible’ len

Seven people were killed, Austen Kark, Emma Knights, Jonael Schickler, Alexander Ogunwusi, Chia Hsin Lin, Chia Chin Wu, Agnes Quinlivan, was hit by debris while walking nearby.

gth of time families of the victims had had to wait for an inquest to be held. “Whatever the causes, the passage of over eight years from the derailment to the conclusion of the hearing of the inquest is indefensible.”

Both the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) have stated that they will be looking to see if any evidence came out of the inquest in order to look at criminal prosecutions.

Full transcripts can be found at http://pottersbarinquest.independent.gov.uk/

Penalty Fare Appeal Support – Advance notice of FCC Rail Offer.
First Capital Connect have decided to try and get more passengers travelling on their filthy grubby trains by bribing passengers with lower fares during the summer holidays.

During the school holidays (which FCC deems to be from 14th August – 5th September 2010), the current Super Off Peak weekend tickets will be extended to be valid in the week.
The offer will be available in the same areas as the weekend Super Off-Peak offer – the outer stations for journeys to London and for journeys from London to Brighton.

The catches that normal weekday restrictions will apply, such as you cant travel on trains arriving London before 10am or leaving London between 16:30 and 19:01.

During the same period, we are also offering customers the opportunity to travel to Brighton from ALL Thameslink and Great Northern route FCC-served stations North of London for 20% less than the normal Off-Peak Day Return fare (CDR). Again, this offer is only valid for travel on FCC services only.

Official customer notification will be made via local press, online advertising, posters at stations and email marketing from the 9th August, so you heard it here first!

We have been contacted by another site requesting publicly. We at PFAS are always happy to help fellow sites, that share the same beliefs as us, in getting extra traffic to their relevent websites.

The site in question, www.faresmanual.co.uk, has a lot of great resources which are available to anyone to download.

The site owners have also told us by e-mail that they are planning to do a lot more with the site in the future months ahead.

NFM06

Before the new ConDem government was voted in by nobody that we know, a petition was created which attracted just over 5,800 signatures demanding the Government strip FCC of its franchise.

The new government has taken it upon itself to finally respond!

However the response is pathetic, and stinks of someone from First Capital Connect actually writing it for the Government. The response acknowledges the unacceptable service late 2009 – early 2010. It then goes on to claim that because the action was concerted it was a force-majeure event!

You can read the full petition plus response on the HM Government website.

Major delays on East Coast mainline until around 20:00 tonight.

Due to major overhead wire damage in the Welwyn North area, all services are being severely disrupted and cancelled.

Delays of up to 120 Minutes can be expected

An internal notice, which we have had emailed to us, has stated the following:

“Customers are advised that owing to overhead line damage at Welwyn North, the majority of GN FCC services to and from London are being diverted via the Hertford Loop. FCC services are severely disrupted and subject to alterations. A limited service is still operating between Moorgate and Welwyn Garden City. Trains are currently not calling at Knebworth and Welwyn North. A replacement bus service is in operation to and from Welwyn Garden City and Stevenage calling at these stations but severe delays of 120 minutes or more can be expected for travel to and from these stations. A further rail replacement bus service is in operation between Stevenage, Watton-at-Stone, Hertford North and all stations to Alexandra Palace. We are sorry for any problems this may cause you. Staff can provide further information and assistance.”

The following alterations will apply:

East Coast

• A reduced service will run to and from London Kings Cross. These trains will call addtionally at Stevenage, and will be diverted between Stevenage and London Kings Cross via Hertford North causing extended journey times.
• Some trains will start from and terminate at Peterborough, and customers should use the next available train between Peterborough and London Kings Cross.

First Capital Connect

• Trains will run between Cambridge / Peterborough and London Kings Cross via Hertford North, causing extended journey times.
• Trains will run between Welwyn Garden City and London Kings Cross / Moorgate.
• Buses are replacing trains between Stevenage and Alexandra Palace via Hertford North, and also between Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City.
• Customers should use alternative routes and services where available (such as National Express East Anglia services between Cambridge / Hertford East and London Liverpool Street, and London Underground Northern Line services)

Planned Train Times From Kings Cross

• xx:06 & xx:36 past each hour calling: Finsbury Park, Stevenage, Hitchin , Letchworth, Baldock, Ashwell & Royston and Cambridge. Customers for Foxton, Meldreth and Shepreth change for Bus service from Royson (Shuttle)
• xx:22 past each hour to Peterborough. Calling: Finsbury Park, Stevenage then all stations to Peterborough.
• Kings Lynn to Cambridge – Shuttle Service. xx:56 from Kings Lynn and xx 35 from Cambridge
• All inner services are running as normal.

First Hull Trains / Grand Central

• Trains will be diverted between Stevenage and London Kings Cross via Hertford North, causing extended journey times.

This disruption is expected to continue until approximately 20:00.

Ticket acceptance

Customers may travel via any available train (either East Coast, First Capital Connect,First  Hull Trains or Grand Central) to make their journey between Peterborough and London Kings Cross.

East Coast customers only, may also use:

• East Midlands Trains between Sheffield and London St Pancras
• Virgin Trains between Edinburgh / Glasgow Central and London Euston

First Capital Connect customers may also use:

• National Express East Anglia trains between Cambridge and London Liverpool Street, and between Hertford East and London Liverpool Street
• London Underground and London Buses on all reasonable routes.