Huttonian was due to resume his lecturing duties at
Embra Uni today and having done the usual careful check of the
GNER website was delighted to find both the 10.22 and 10.47 running early -all in Green letters. Something made me check
Railtrack : Arrivals at
Berwick Station. A sea of Red-every train cancelled because of signalling problems at
Darlington. Back to GNER-Green rules ok. Ignorance or denial? I decided to speak to a real person as the world wide web has its obvious limitations. So on to Rail Tracker. They were kind but unsighted. Yes there is a problem at Darlington. Yes GNER and Virgin are not running. Why is the GNER website not reporting problems? No idea. 'We understand' that buses are running from Darlington to Newcastle and we assume trains on from Newcastle as the buses stop there. But how do the trains reach Newcastle-apparently they are cancelled from Edinburgh going south as well? Sorry we know nothing, the rail companies are telling us nothing. Perhaps GNER is telling you nothing as its website says there is no problem. Don't know-best check the GNER website...... But according to....there is a hole in my bucket dear Liza....A hole
I have postponed my lecture until tomorrow.
In the meanwhile the GNER website webmaster geek is on a train heading towards his PC in York.
He is stuck in Darlington.
But if he logs on via the hi-tech, hi-wi-free- in- First Class on a Mallard Train he will see, all in Green:
He arrived in York two hours ago.
Two minutes early.
Have a good day.
