I got to wondering on the way home today, just what has made this week differant to last as far as GNER & Network Rail are concerned. Why did I consider this? Well you consider this if you will: -

As we all know it's been as hot and sunny this week as it was last. This week my trains have run pretty much run on time, but last week we were delayed. They said the delays was due to the hot weather has on metals and trains were limited to 90mph. If that was the case last week, what makes this week so differant? Why have we not had to endure the same delays? Have Network Rail stumbled on a cheap, cost effective method of cooling the tracks because you can bet your life it will have to be cheap? Have they snuck over to Saudi Arabian and nicked all their tracks? Or perhaps it was the fairies casting magic dust upon the whole East Coast Mainline?

More likely they just got it wrong. The question is, are the compromising safety this week or were they over cautious last week?

Fuck - I feel a GNER Customer services e-mail coming on? WOnder if they'll answer?

On the plus side, all the caoches I've been in this week had just about adequate aircon. On another down side, only 1 coach had air con which cooled the coach to the point of real comfort. Having said that it's worth noting that I get warm in 22 degrees.

Off to Ascot Races tomorrow so will also get to experince the service provided by another operator. I'm not looking forward to it either as I'm expecting worse facilities than GNER's.