I should stop blaming the Southeastern railways!

This morning I was quite pissed off, because for the fifth working day in a row my train was in delay! The 7:46 train from New Cross to Cannon Street passed, again, at 7:54! I pay to get the train and the service is not good enough for the money: the trains are packed and the delays are always there!

Well, today I was reading some news on Wired, and something caught my eyes: a post about the super new tecnology of Trenitalia: ViaggiaTreno (Travel, Train)… yes, now they have a website (for mobile technology too) that is able to tell you, in real time, the delays on the italian rail network. Well, in March 2006 a consumers’ association stated that the 84% of the trenitalia trains were delayed, and a third of those with more than 30 minutes! It means that more or less the 30% of the italian trains arrives with more than half an hour of delay!

Wow, cool! :)

Trenitalia

Now, making a comparison with the italian train provider is a little incorrect (hey, guys, Douglas Adams’ “The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy” was thought after a trip in Italy after all) but the fact still remains: the actual service given by some rail provider (and southeastern is one of these) is not good enough… and yesterday their bosses get a “little” bonus. Hey, make your trains better for the customer instead of cheering yourself for Nothing!

PS: for the italian speaking guys over there, instead of “ViaggiaTreno“, I would have called the service: “Viaggia, Tremo!” (You Travel, I shiver) because of the constant delays… I’ve took a look at the service and EVERY single train was in delay of AT LEAST 10 minutes!