Lowlands Polymeet November 26/27th '05

[Locutus]

Oh crap, I just found out that there will be no trains between Enschede and Almelo at all for the rest of the weekend, that's making it very hard for me to get out of Twente... I would have to rely on a bus service, but with these weather conditions that's not looking too good, and they also have crappy time tables so I couldn't stay very long even if I did make it to Utrecht. You should probably count me out for tomorrow... again

[Locutus]

Oh wait, I can still travel over Zutphen and Apeldoorn, if Syntus restores their train service tomorrow. It'll add an extra 30 mins to my trip but it's doable... if there are any trains tomorrow (I heard they're dealing with massive power failures). I don't know when I'll have to leave then though, the NS site is down. Probably still early.

[Snotty]

not as early as I will be leaving I hope!

hopefully my connecting trains will still be running...

[Locutus]

Originally posted by Snotty
hopefully my connecting trains will still be running...

What are they?

[Snotty]

airport -> Amsterdam CS
Amsterdam CS -> Utrecht

Hopefully.

Theres a couple of places in and around the station that I can ask on the morning to be sure everything is running right

[CapTVK]

Nothing but rain and wind over here but it seems to be lessening. Going by the weather report, things should be better tomorrow.

http://www.knmi.nl/waarschuwingen_en_verwachtingen/tijdreeks_48uur_regio_Midden.html

[Locutus]

Then your biggest problem is probably going to be getting to Schiphol to begin with. Today many flights were cancelled and all other ones delayed. I doubt they have everything sorted out tomorrow...

[Zopperoni]

I'll meet you all in Utrecht (hopefully). With these circumstances, I'm not risking any detours

[Mercator]

Well, let's hope train services are reasonably on time, and the weather doesn't get any worse... I'll be there, weather and train services permitting.

[germanos]

It's an unbelievable mess...

I wanted to to go Amsterdam instead tonight, but the tracks were blocked.
The big train-information board in Rotterdam was blank: The only train running appeared to be the one to Dordrecht. Traffic to Utrecht and further south then Dordrecht was completely impossible. To Amsterdam the traffic would start up again...slowly.

When people asked if they would have to spend the night on the railway station, officials said it was quite possible they had to...

[Dauphin]

Hey Snotty, sorry for being short on you today. Was busy at work, couldn't stick around and had an idée fixe on getting back. Hope you have a good weekend.

[Snotty]

Will do man

[Provost Harrison]

Oh crap

[Snotty]

it will be cool, I have faith in public transport.

cya there guys

[Locutus]

The situation in the west of the country seems to have mostly returned to normal, but the east is still a mess (so I'll prolly be late for the meet, but I'll leave early to try to compensate). Except for Schiphol, that's still a bit of a mess as well (though not as bad as yesterday), so I hope Snotty arrives okay.