Weekly Travel Report W/C 02/02/15

Monday 2nd February
10.51 SNF to 11.14 LST
Train: 360101 & 360110 Carriage: 68560
5 of 8 Carriages
Pulled into SNF @ 10.49
Pulled out of SNF @ 10.51
Pulled into LST @11.11
Temp: 13.5 to 20.0 C
Humidity: 36 to 44 %
Notes: Dirty floors, dirty seats. Quite busy, probably due to overhead line problems at Rayleigh.

15.02 LST to 15.24 SNF
Train: 360110 & 360102 Carriage: 74560
3 of 8 Carriages
Pulled out of LST @ 15.02
Pulled into SNF @ 15.24
Temp: 19.4 to 20.3 C
Humidity: 28 to 33 %
Notes: Filthy and horrible. Had trouble getting off the line at LST. D doors vibrating.

Tuesday 3rd February
12.03 SNF to 12.12 CHM
Train: 360110 Carriage: 74560
3 of 4 Carriages
Pulled into SNF @ 12.01
Pulled out of SNF @ 12.02
Pulled into CHM @ 12.11
Temp: 15.5 to 17.6 C
Humidity: 37 to 40 %
Notes: Still dirty. Left SNF @ 12.02.40. D doors still rattling occasionally, yesterday's tweet went un-noticed.

21.16 CHM to 21.27 SNF
Train: 360103 & 360107 Carriage: 68557
5 of 8 Carriages
Pulled into CHM @ 21.15
Pulled out of CHM @ 21.16
Pulled into SNF @ 21.25
Temp: 13.8 to 17.2 C
Humidity: 36 to 37 %
Notes: Filthy and disgusting.

Wednesday 4th February
11.41 SNF to 11.52 CHM
Train: 360117 Carriage: 74567
2 of 4 Carriages
Pulled into SNF @ 12.01
Pulled out of SNF @ 12.02
Pulled into CHM @ 12.11 (9 Minutes Late - Got me to CHM 1 minute earlier than I would normally get there)
Temp: 15.0 to 16.5 C
Humidity: 37 to 41 %
Notes: Delayed by a faulty train. Dirty seats, dirty floors, funky disinfectant smell.

21.16 CHM to 21.27 SNF
Train: 360119 & 260114 Carriage: 68564
5 of 8 Carriages
Pulled into CHM @ 21.15
Pulled out of CHM @ 21.16
Pulled into SNF @ 21.25
Temp: 14.9 to 18.4 C
Humidity: 36 to 38 %
Notes: surprise, surprise, it's filthy.

Thursday 5th February
12.03 SNF to 12.12 CHM
Train: 360104 Carriage: 74554
3 of 4 Carriages
Pulled into SNF @ 12.02
Pulled out of SNF @ 12.03
Pulled into CHM @ 12.14 (2 Minutes Late)
Temp: 16.6 to 19.7 C
Humidity: 37 to 39 %
Notes: Usual dirty carpets and seats, not as threadbare as most I see, but fairly faded.

21.16 CHM to 21.27 SNF
Train: 360108 & 360121 Carriage: 65571
5 of 8 Carriages
Pulled into CHM @ 21.15
Pulled out of CHM @ 21.16
Pulled into SNF @ 21.25
Temp: 16.2 to 18.1 C
Humidity: 34 to 35 %
Notes: Dirty as always, 108 had a clean exterior, although 121 wasn't clean.

Friday 6th February
12.03 SNF to 12.12 CHM
Train: 360110 Carriage: 65560
1 of 4 Carriages
Pulled into SNF @ 12.05
Pulled out of SNF @ 12.06
Pulled into CHM @ 12.15 (3 Minutes Late)
Temp: 17.5 to 19.5 CHumidity: 35 %
Notes: Dirty floors, dirty seats, dirty exterior.

21.16 CHM to 21.27 SNF
Train: 360117 Carriage: 65567
4 of 4 Carriages
Pulled into CHM @ 21.15
Pulled out of CHM @ 21.16
Pulled into SNF @ 21.28 (1 Minute Late)
Temp: 14.9 to 17.2 C
Humidity: 36 to 37 %
Notes: Short formed, 4 carriages instead of 8. Train Fault Bingo? Filthy everywhere.

Saturday 7th February
10.27 SNF to 10.33 BIC
Train: 321435 & 321421 Carriage: 63129
3 of 8 Carriages
Pulled into SNF @ 10.26
Pulled out of SNF @ 10.27
Pulled into BIC @ 10.33 
Temp: 17.4 to 18.0 C
Humidity: 38 to 40 %
Notes: Cleanish, grey seats and red grab rails. Very creaky.

10.40 BIC to 11.07 CHM
Bus Registration: EU64CVP
Bus Company: Stephenson's
Bus Number: 207
Pulled out of BIC @ 10.53 
Pulled into CHM @ 11.17 (10 Minutes Late)
Temp: 15.6 to 21.1 C
Humidity: 39 to 45 %
Notes: Made to stand in the car park while it's raining. Not good. Blaming First for a bus not turning up. Seats are comfortable and supportive, the bus is generally clean, exterior a bit dirty.

20.08 CHM to 20.35 BIC
Bus Registration: EX63UZV
Bus Company: Stephenson's
Bus Number: 206
Pulled out of CHM @ 20.08
Pulled into BIC @ 20.35
Temp: 15.5 to 20.4 C
Humidity: 39 to 45 %
Notes: Bus already at CHM and waiting to go. Seats are comfortable and supportive, the bus is generally clean, exterior a bit dirty but you expect that from a day's use.

20.45 BIC to 30.52 SNF
Train: 321423, 321421 & 321435 Carriage: 78155
9 of 12 Carriages
Pulled into BIC @ 20.42
Pulled out of BIC @ 20.45
Pulled into SNF @ 20.51
Temp: 18.2 to 19.3 C
Humidity: 37 %
Notes: Fairly dirty, First Class part declassified but still got the seats. Heating not working.

Sunday 8th February

http://dcabellioga.blogspot.com/2015/02/8th-february-special-journey-to-bedworth.html

General Notes:

Late running trains on 4 occasions with a late running rail replacement bus on another, however on one occasion, it didn't make me late to my destination as it was the 11:41 train running late, I normally get the 12:03 train. A total of 16 minutes late, 25 minutes if I had intended to get the 11:41 on Wednesday. The rail replacement bus organisation at Billericay was very poor, no one seemed to know what they were doing and were all very disorganised, considering they have been doing this since the start of the engineering works on the Southend Victoria line, they should be used to it by now and know what they're doing. They claimed a bus hadn't turned up, and the bus I eventually got on was apparently supposed to be the 10:55 service and it was apparently the 10:40 bus (run by FirstEssex) that didn't show. I didn't have an issue with the buses themselves though as they were fairly clean, warm and comfortable.

Station Codes:

BIC = Billericay, CHM = Chelmsford, LST = London Liverpool Street, SNF = Shenfield.