Rail services have returned to normal following massive delays on Monday evening after a water main burst and flooded the tracks.
The burst pipe caused a mudslide on the line in the South Croydon area and meant no trains could run southbound from East Croydon and on the London Victoria to Eastbourne and Hastings services.
Passengers faced long delays after being told not to travel from London Victoria. Instead they had to make their way to Charing Cross and then onto Hastings before Eastbourne.
Passengers also had to queue for replacement bus services to get to Gatwick and Three Bridges.
South Croydon and Purley Oaks stations were closed and trains run by Gatwick Express, Southern and First Capital Connect services were cancelled or delayed.
Thames Water will be charged the costs of the disruption and repairs after the high pressure water main fractured.
One valve was closed by water engineers just before midday and another just before 13:00, but the flow of water did not subside for another 30 minutes.
Delays continued into Tuesday, before returning to normal yesterday.
IDIOT SIGHTING 1Â
My daughter and I went through the McDonalds take-away window and I gave the girl a £5 note. Our total was £4.20, so I also handed her a Twenty pence piece.
She said, ‘you gave me too much money.’
I said, ‘Yes I know, but this way you can just give me £1 back.’
She sighed and went to get the manager who asked me to repeat my request. I did so, and he handed me back the 20 pence and said ‘We’re sorry but they could not do that kind of thing.’
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The girl then proceeded to give me back 80 pence in change..
Do not confuse the girls at MacD’s.
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IDIOT SIGHTING 2
We had to have the garage door repaired. The GARADOR repairman told us that one of our problems was that we did not have a ‘large’ enough motor on the opener.
I thought for a minute, and said that we had the largest one GARADOR made at that time, a 1/2 horsepower. He shook his head and said, ‘Lady, you need a ¼ horsepower.’ I responded that 1/2 was larger than 1/4 and he said, ‘NOOO, it’s not. Four is larger than two.’
We haven’t used Garador repair since. Happened in Bromley , Kent UKÂ
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IDIOT SIGHTING 3
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I live in a semi rural area. We recently had a new neighbour call the Highways Department to request the removal of the DEER CROSSING sign on our road. The reason: ‘Too many deer are being hit by cars out here! I don’t think this is a good place for them to be crossing anymore.’
Story from Crayford , Kent , UKÂ
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IDIOT SIGHTING 4
My daughter went to a local Kentucky Fried and ordered a Mexican taco. She asked the person behind the counter for’minimum lettuce.’ He said he was sorry, but they only had iceberg lettuce.
From Gillingham Kent , UK .
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IDIOT SIGHTING 5
I was at the airport, checking in at the gate when an Irish airport employee asked,  ‘Has anyone put anything in your baggage without your knowledge?’
To which I replied, ‘If it was without my knowledge, how would I know?’
He smiled knowingly and nodded, ‘That’s why we ask.’
Happened Luton Airport …… UK
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IDIOT SIGHTING 6
The stoplight on the corner buzzes when it’s safe to cross the street. I was crossing with an intellectually challenged co-worker of mine. She asked if I knew what the buzzer was for. I explained that it signals blind people when the light is red.
Appalled, she responded, ‘What on earth are blind people doing driving?!’
She is a Local County Council employee in Dartford Kent, UK
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IDIOT SIGHTING 7
When my husband and I arrived at Our Local Ford dealer to pick up our car, we were told the keys had been locked in it. We went to the service department and found a mechanic working feverishly to unlock the driver’s side door. As I watched from the passenger side, I instinctively tried the door handle and discovered that it was unlocked. ‘Hey,’ I announced to the Mechanic “It’s open!’
His reply, ‘I know. I already did that side.’
This was at the Ford dealership in St Albans,  Hertfordshire UK.
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They walk among us… and the scary part is that is they have the
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RIGHT TO VOTE and REPRODUCE!
A Network Rail spokesman said: “The water cascaded down an embankment and debris, including earth, has also got on to the track.”
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Two schoolboy errors:
1. the site is within a cutting, not upon an embankment;
2. the vast majority of the debris will be “earth” – what else would a buried pipe wash out?
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It’s about time NR employed spokesmen who know a lot more about their infrastructure.