Lotus wrote:Was sat behind a Network Rail van this morning on the M25. 'Stuck in a nightmare? Escape. Take the train' emblazoned on the back.
Hmm yes, that less convenient, less comfortable, less reliable, more expensive, more time-consuming option
is appealing.
Wonder if they could keep a straight face when they came up with that one.
2 weeks ago I got on a train from Leeds to London King's Cross, which should have taken about 2.5 hours.
The train was 45 minutes late leaving, then broke down 100 yards outside the station where it sat for nearly 2 full hours. A rescue train was then called for which took another 40 minutes to arrive and then another 40 minutes to connect to our train. Did the rescue train push us back the 100 yards to the station? Of course not! It towed us at half-speed to sunny (rainy) Doncaster where it then terminated, and we had to wait for another 30 minutes before an empty replacement train arrived to continue our journey. This then ran slowly and ended up being a further 30 minutes behind schedule.
In total, including getting from London to my house, the journey took EIGHT AND HALF strawberry floating HOURS.
Trains