if karma is rail
If karma does exist then First Great Western are fucked. Good. They couldn't run a bath.
(crackhouseceilidhband So I'm going back down to the Adios Lounge, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 14:26, closed)

and
london underground.

if there is a hell they and bob crow will be roasting in it. forever.

which might give them one hint of what it's like to be on one of their own trains.
( rachelswipe is loving the return of teh frank!, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 15:08, )

I was disappointed...
...to find out that Bob Crow was not actually a crow.

Still, if karma is to make any visitation upon FGW and/or London Underground, I'd say Southwest Trains deserve it firmly and abrasively up the [witty rectal euphemism] as well.
(The Supreme Crow out of tune but just not quite the same, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 15:10, )

^^^ All of these...
I mean, how hard can it be to run a train on time, with an acceptable degree of cleanliness and without excessive overcrowding?

It's a sweeping statement, but 3 million people use the tube every day for commuting. A weekly Oyster for Zone 1-3 costs £28.40. That's in the ballpark of £85200000 revenue for LU weekly.

I don't think anyone would object if they closed the entire netowrk for, say, 6 months (while laying on loads of extra buses) while they fix everything that's broken and make it all shiny and new with air conditioning and less crazy people. Then, finally, we might get a service worth paying for!

Vote Chris for Mayor - I'll sort out London... And then I'll move on to First Great Western!
( Devil_In_Tights doesn't care if you are Valerie Singleton nude..., Tue 26 Feb 2008, 15:16, )

yes!
There is a finite number of times that I will tolerate being stuck for several hours a mere 5 minutes outside Swindon. Then again, there is a finite number of times that I will tolerate Swindon.
(crackhouseceilidhband So I'm going back down to the Adios Lounge, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 15:30, )

@Devil in Tights
Sure, I'll vote for you. Anything to keep Boris from being elected...
(The Supreme Crow out of tune but just not quite the same, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 16:24, )

first?
first worst great western

fixed that for you... there'll be no charge.
(b3tamax is the reason behind the tingle in your dingle, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 16:51, )

Add First Scotrail
to your list as well. Couldn't manage a piss-up in a brewery.
(TheWeeWitch do I get a prize if I break it?, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 17:54, )

First are shite
at EVERYTHING. I haven't been on a Worstbus that wasn't late. Bollocks to Northern Rock, renationalise transport first
( uncle bastard can't do without them or make soup from the bones, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 19:37, )