Comments on: ‘What a Way to Run a Railroad!’

By: Marion Fuller-Sessions

Marion Fuller-Sessions — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 21:23:42 +0000

In reply to American Deb. Debs, I wish we’d thought of ringing you! We reckon the bus companies must be loving all this extra work. Perhaps the train drivers are all signing on as relief coach drivers? But, seriously, you are right. If you buy a train ticket (especially a super-expensive one) you assume there’ll actually be a train to travel on.

By: American Deb

American Deb — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 21:05:10 +0000

Oh the disappointment of buying a train ticket and ending up on a bus…it would have been quicker to fetch you at Leicester!

By: Marion Fuller-Sessions

Marion Fuller-Sessions — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 20:40:39 +0000

Marilyn, I suppose nothing should surprise us these days. But, as you know, it had all been working so well, as far as our experience with East Midland trains goes.
Future horrors must await, though – we are already being warned of platform closures etc come August. If things are deemed bad enough to warn the public in advance, heaven help us! Pony and trap it will have to be, or perhaps simple hitch hiking…?

By: Marilyn Walton

Marilyn Walton — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 19:15:07 +0000

Oh dear, Marion, what a shame that something as straightforward as your train journey degenerated into an exhausting and infuriating experience with no warning or information. As you say, neither Trump nor Brexit (unless all the EU rail staff have returned home) can be blamed. Here the summer of ‘grèves’ is making car-sharing a national pastime, so French rail aren’t doing much better. Time to get a pony and trap?