UK RAILWAYS

> On another note, three of the five Standard carriages had defective
> air conditioning - it had to happen on the hottest day, didnt it?!

>Ive just travelled on the Cornish Riviera (10:33
>Paddington-Penzance) as far as Exeter St Davids. It has arrived 75
>minutes late, owing to speed restrictions.
>
>Under the FGW Passengers Charter, delays over an hour allow one to
>make a claim for 100% of the affected leg. However, it does state
>that extreme weather conditions is an exception. But the delay we
>encountered today was due to temperature related heat restrictions
>imposed by Network Rail all the way from Paddington, i.e. caused by
>the railway.

>What do you reckon - is it worth sending a compensation form in to
>FGW?

>On another note, three of the five Standard carriages had defective
>air conditioning - it had to happen on the hottest day, didnt it?!

> Ive just travelled on the Cornish Riviera (10:33
> Paddington-Penzance) as far as Exeter St Davids. It has arrived 75
> minutes late, owing to speed restrictions.
>
> Under the FGW Passengers Charter, delays over an hour allow one to
> make a claim for 100% of the affected leg. However, it does state
> that extreme weather conditions is an exception. But the delay we
> encountered today was due to temperature related heat restrictions
> imposed by Network Rail all the way from Paddington, i.e. caused by
> the railway.

>What do you reckon - is it worth sending a compensation form in to FGW?

> On 5 Aug 2003 06:01:02 -0700, in
> ,
> uktechnics is my chachas son@yahoo.co.uk (Henry Littleton) called upon
> the throng gathered in uk.railway and wrote:

> >Ive just travelled on the Cornish Riviera (10:33
> >Paddington-Penzance) as far as Exeter St Davids. It has arrived 75
> >minutes late, owing to speed restrictions.
> >
> >Under the FGW Passengers Charter, delays over an hour allow one to
> >make a claim for 100% of the affected leg. However, it does state
> >that extreme weather conditions is an exception. But the delay we
> >encountered today was due to temperature related heat restrictions
> >imposed by Network Rail all the way from Paddington, i.e. caused by
> >the railway.

> No, it was caused by extreme weather conditions. The counterargument is
> that the speed limit would not have been imposed if the exceptionally
> hot weather we are experiencing was less extreme.

> That premise is in the FGW Passengers Charter (and probably all the
> others too) and also in the National Rail Conditions version.

> >What do you reckon - is it worth sending a compensation form in to
> >FGW?

> I seriously think youd be wasting your time.

> >On another note, three of the five Standard carriages had defective
> >air conditioning - it had to happen on the hottest day, didnt it?!

> ISTR reading that Mark 3 aircon cant cool the carriage to the right
> temperature when the outside temperature gets to 28 degrees celsius. Any
> hotter and the carriage is cooled but not to the desired level.

>A post elsewhere suggests that on Virgin Voyagers, when the outside air
>temperature exceeds 28C, the a/c just gives up and turns itself off. Is
>this really true ? I find it hard to believe, especially as there
>doesnt appear to be any form of natural ventilation for use in
>emergencies.

> 4090 writes
> >A post elsewhere suggests that on Virgin Voyagers, when the outside air
> >temperature exceeds 28C, the a/c just gives up and turns itself off. Is
> >this really true ? I find it hard to believe, especially as there
> >doesnt appear to be any form of natural ventilation for use in
> >emergencies.
>
> Thats not unknown for office air-con systems too.
>
> --
> Dave