Delays in Basildon | Fenchurch Street Line | David Amess | Trains Cancelled | TN-91-171-008

Thames News report following train delays at Basildon means passengers are left stranded for hours upon end. Local MPs call for action.
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[@09021983]

RIP David Amess

[@summerteeeth]

That brings back some memories. I travelled the 'misery line' for several years in the 90s. Mainly to Basildon, but also London Fenchurch Street (both from Southend).

[@danwoodhouse9290]

it took till 1998 when the first ever sliding door trains arrived on the line
they were called the Class 317's - nothing new about them they were surplus trains from the West Anglia line

[@simondavies5444]

Started commuting to Fenchurch Street from Basildon in 1991. Couldn’t imagine the old slam door trains in today’s safety conscious world - those passengers who used to leap out as the train pulled in so they didn’t have to walk from the front of the train back to the exit.

[@danhammer78]

Haha remember many come unstuck and went flying

[@AlonsoRules]

head over to Mumbai India and see it

[@danielwoodhouse5531]

2:24 its 1991 and the trains still got check seat covering

[@billericaytownfans6121]

How things have changed! This line is run by C2C and is one of the best.

[@richard99cookify]

Yep C2C is class but has definitely also gone a bit downhill in the last 2 years

[@AnytingGoes]

C2c are appalling nowadays and rude customer service

[@the_frogbot8673]

Agreed! It's incredible how it's now in the top five of best train operators in the UK. The stuff they do to make things right when it all goes wrong is astonishing compared to other uk operators

[@390h8er]

0:52 David Amess MP. Famously pranked by BrassEye in 1997!

[@theojames5182]

It’s still going on

[@JosiahGreen-Moth]

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