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08 Aug 2008 11:49
Train South West Trains Weymouth to London Waterloo
0.5 hours Signalling Problems
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£40 Because the train was delayed I had to get the taxi to my destination.

03 Jan 2008 07:08
Train One Railway Romford to London Liverpool Street
1 hours Cancelled
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1 hour of My Time 07:08 cancelled because of on going engineering works so caught 07:18 instead but it was really over crowded. Train should have stopped at Stratford but they changed they mind half way. Arrived Stratford at 08:00am 40 mins late.

27 Dec 2007 07:48
Train South Eastern Trains Ingatestone to London Liverpool Street
2.15 hours train late to Ingatestone, then terminated at Shenfield where we eventually got on all station metro
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3 hours of My Time Complete waste of my time

10 Dec 2007 08:05
Bus Leatherhead School Bus Tadworth to Leatherhead
2 hours The bus was on the timetable and I told them to come but we then had to wait 2 hours for a lift.
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2 hours of My Time I arrived very late for school.

10 Nov 2007 18:52
Plane American Airlines Paris to New York
5 hours Broken Down Engine failure.
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24 hours of My Company Time Missed strategic meeting.

10 Nov 2007 18:46
Train First Great Western Gatwick to Reading
1.5 hours Broken Down One of the 2 engines broke down so we limped from Reading to Guildford and then they told us all it was going no further. Had to get the next one heading east to Redhill.
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2.5 hours of My Time Spent ages waiting for the train and then missed the connecting bus!!
1.5 hours of My Time I missed valuable time with my family.

25 Oct 2007 09:44
Train First Great Western Gatwick to Reading
1 hours When I arrived at Betchworth at 6:15am all was darkness. There were no lights on at all - no info. screens operating, and no people - no announcements. The train didn't show up but some others went at walking pace through the station. I had to wait for 1 hour for the next train together with 1 other passenger. It was VERY COLD.
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1 hour of My Company Time I arrived 1 hour late at work.

31 Jul 2007 20:30
Train Virgin Reading to Ash
1.5 hours Vandelism Broken door
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2.5 hours of My Time We spent 2 hours on the runway.
Relationship: I met an old friend.
2 hours of My Time

31 Jul 2007 20:27
Train First Great Western Reading to Gatwick
1 hours Broken Down They said that the guard had not been able to get in owing to a traffic accident.
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Relationship: I missed my own birthday party!!
1 hour of My Time

31 Jul 2007 15:59
Train First Great Western Reading to Gatwick
1 hours Engineering Works The engineering works at Guildford over-ran.
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1 hour of My Time
£150 I won the Loto after trying my hand while waiting for the train - if I hadn't been delayed I wouldn't have won!!
1 hour of My Company Time I was late for work.

31 Jul 2007 07:44
Train Virgin Trains Birmingham to London
3 hours Flooding Floods caused severe delays.
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Relationship: The delay was great for me because I met someone new while I was hanging around waiting for the train.
Relationship: Time with my family Spent 4 hours sitting in trains waiting for, what? They didn't tell us. I missed my son's concert that we had been looking forward to for ages. I was very sad.

31 Jul 2007 07:39
Bus London Transport Camden Lock to Ramsbottom
8 hours Broken Down Not operating
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1 hour of My Company Time

30 Jul 2007 00:51
Bus London Transport
2 hours Engineering Works At Guildford
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£20000 Managed to pick up a contract due to competitor's CEO being stuck on train
£20000 Missed a contract because our CEO was stuck on the train.
£50 I had to get the taxi home

30 Jul 2007 00:47
Train First Great Western Reading to Gatwick
6 hours Flooding All trains from Reading to Gatwick cancelled due to flooding at Ash.
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£120 Had to stay the night in Reading at a hotel because there were no trains running.
Relationship: My Marriage We were supposed to meet up to choose a wedding dress but because of the delay we have decided to call it off.
Relationship: Time I missed my daughter's end of term concert.

30 Jul 2007 00:43
Train First Great Western Gatwick to Reading
1 hours Staff Shortage No guard so train cancelled.
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1 hour of My Company Time Missed an important development meeting.

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