The Anonymous Widower

An Information Free Journey

This afternoon, I took an Abellio Greater Anglia train from Bruce Grove to Hackney Downs.

An Information Free Journey

The displays weren’t working on both platforms at Bruce Grove station and the only way to tell where the train was going, was to read the display on the cab, as the train trundled out of the gloom.

The Class 315 train, resplendent inside in all its girlie pink, doesn’t have information displays and as the driver was economical with his announcements, you were left peering into the dark to determine the stations, from the names on the badly-lit platforms.

Luckily, just before Hackney Downs station, is the floodlit blue Mossbourne Community Academy, and I was forewarned of our arrival, and didn’t end up in Liverpool Street.

I know that on the thirty-first of May this year, the Lea Valley Lines will come under the control of Transport for London, so Abellio may think they have reasons to provide minimal service on these lines.

But that is no reason to keep passengers in the dark!

January 20, 2015 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Greater Anglia, Information, Lea Valley Lines, Trains