The Voice of Spalding and South Holland
I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when I saw the piece about the station refit.
You could knock the existing building down and replace it with a copy of Buckingham Palace but if the train service is poor what difference will it really make to the travelling public?
The actual day to day trip on the Spalding to Peterborough is an absolute shambles. It’s like travelling in Africa only more expensive.
The growth of Lincoln University means you face the prospect of climbing over a mountain of suitcases for the privilege of standing up when the students are on their commute.
Recent events include but are not limited to being thrown across the carriage when the train hits a dodgy section of rail south of Spalding and the actual station being closed on consecutive days during mid-week when staff have failed to turn up for work.
Last week the information board told me the train service was delayed, three minutes before departure. One minute later it told me it was cancelled.
Now to the best of my knowledge this service does not originate in Pinchbeck and it would have been known hours before that it would not be running at the due time.
On contacting the help line on the platform I was told to go find a bus. Yes thanks for that. If I had been told an hour earlier I could have progressed my journey by an alternative means.
I appreciate the work and effort done by George Scott and his board who must have felt like they have been banging their heads against a wall for years but what about Sir John Hayes, a former Transport Minister?
Just like him I’m a regular commuter to London but he is seen on the Spalding/Peterborough leg of that journey as often as Joan Collins is seen in Primark.
What have you ever done for that service Sir John?
Rick Stringer
Sutton St James
