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IHateThameslink has got its grubby little hands on a leaked internal First Capital Connect document that outlines the full terms of the Compensation FCC are offering commuters. We cannot reveal our source, as unfortunately the email self destructed within 10 seconds – weird.

Anywho, you can read the whole document by downloading it here, but we have also summarised the main points below. Continue reading →

I’ve asked all those following ihatethameslink to tweet their FCC acronyms. Within minutes I had received a whole bunch and expect more to follow. So if you are on twitter – tweet your FCC acronym to @ihatethameslink (or post them below) and I will publish it on this post. Perhaps I will set up a vote and see which acronym wins the prestigious ‘best FCC acronym’ award…

13 18 19 25 31 34 40 50 funny and creative acronyms below!

1. Failure Consistently Comes
2. Frequent Commuter Calamities
3. Friday Cancelled Commute
4. Failing Commuters Consistently
5. Fairly Crap Company
6. First Cattle Connect
7. Fewer Commuters Carried
8. Feverish Chaos Created
9. Failing Chu Chu Continue reading →

An interesting tweet was picked up on ihatethameslink.co.uk today, and it led me to an article on the Streatham-Labour website.

Minister Told of Thameslink Anger

Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Streatham has contacted FCC and has met with the transport minister to express his anger over the continued disruption to services as a result of the staff unofficial strike. Continue reading →

Below are the FAQ taken from the FCC website, which I thought you all might find of some interest. I have also added my comments and thoughts in red.

Thameslink passengers have faced an awful week of travel as FCC drivers exercise their right not to work overtime. This is not an official strike, however it is claimed that unions will soon go to ballot for strike action.  FCC have introduced a revised timetable which can be downloaded here (PDF) but passengers faced major disruptions to their journeys. If you were affected by the recent staff shortages, I urge you yo claim compensation from FCC. Its really quick and easy, and if you have an oyster card, just put your oyster number instead of ticket number. Click here to claim compensation now. FCC have also stated that delays will be calculated based on the old timetable, not the revised one.

More delays due to lack of drivers

Tweet tweet.

If you have any ideas to help promote the website further or would like to get involved please post a comment and let me know.

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When setting up this blog, one of my objectives was to make this blog appear on the first page of google when the word ‘thameslink’ was searched for. I think this would really piss off First Capital Connect, especially if it appeared before their website!

Currently – this blog appears on the 3rd page – the 28th search result.

So – in order to improve this I need your help! Please, if you can, link to this website on any blog, website, forum etc like this –> thameslink and I will update you all in a few weeks to see if we have moved up at all!

One love, one hate.

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I’ve just realised why Twitter is great.

On the right hand side of this blog is an RSS feed that will pick up any Tweets that contain the word ‘thameslink’ or the term ‘first capital connect’. They are all quite funny, and (as you would expect) are mostly complaints about how bad the service is.

So when you are waiting for your delayed train, and have nothing better to do, why not use your mobile to tweet about thameslink and it will be picked up on this site for all to see.

One love, one hate.

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Barak Obama. The first black president of America. It will go down in history, and he  has changed the world. However I can’t say I am a big supporter of  his foreign policy. I have heard no mention to tackle such important international issues as our Thameslink. He needs to get his priorities sorted out….

On a more serious, and positive note, the service wasn’t so bad this week. Only the usual delays to deal with. The only annoying thing now is all these people giving out more free teabags. They are harder to dodge than London Lite giver-outers!

Happy weekend

Lots – and because it snowed last night, IhateThameslink will get a record number of hits over the next few days!* Why you ask? Well, because, as any thameslink sufferer knows, when the weather changes, the trains go up the spout, and I’m hoping fellow sufferers will join me on this page!

Yes it did snow last night, and it was bloomin cold today, and whether caused by the weather or just a coincidence, the Luton service today at 5.34pm from City Thameslink was cancelled. The next train, usually a fast one to Bedford was therefore made to stop at all stations. It was Ramadama! I don’t think many people got on the train after kings Cross, but to be honest I couldn’t see through all the people what was going on.

But no worry – ‘First Capital Connect are sorry for any inconvenience caused’. I am so sick of hearing that announcement I cant express it in words.

And I though Thameslink was meant to be improving! We’ve got the inevitable disaster of a Thameslink upgrade programme to look forward towhich will see us through to 2015 – I cant wait.

Please, if you hate Thameslink as much as I do, spread the word, link to Ihatethameslink, or leave a comment below.

In the words of Russell Brand, I bid you a Hare Krishna.

*It probably wont, but who knows.