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When	Transport	Operator	Route
Delay	Excuse	Explanation
Cost		Blogs

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.