Thursday, November 16, 2006
Trains (again)
No, sorry, doesn't work, definitely not a stress free way to travel. Of the 5 trains I have caught in the last 72 hours or so only one of them has run on time. That is not a good record. Looking at the watch and trying to calculate how late the train is and, therefore, how much time that leaves to get the connection doesn't help the old nerves. Stations seem to lack decent information on which platform the train will arrive at and the people in uniforms (and therefore I believe are the ones working there) do not inspire confidence when telling you where the next train will arrive. On the way back told to change at Wigan instead of Birmingham New Street ("much better for you sir"), then told to change again at Rugby ("just as good as going to Milton Keynes sir"). Have you been to Rugby train station! Bleak, desolate, I swear I saw tumbleweed, and then find that the next train in isn't for an hour and going to Milton Keynes would actually have been half an hour quicker.
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I really like the environmental-friendliness of trains. And sometimes they can be a really good way to travel - you get to sit and relax and read a book.
BUT they are nearly always late (my train from Ashton to Manchester seems to ALWAYS be 3 minutes late - and then you can miss connections, and there's no guarantee of a seat either. I have travelled from Preston to London without a seat before and I didn't like it. And they're expensive too.
Something needs to be done...
Rugby station is a great example of what you can do if you ignore passenger requirements.
Rugby station is a bit more than that. It is more a case of finding out exactly what the passenger requirements are AND THEN DOING THE OPPOSITE ANYWAY. There were fine old stations like Adlestrop, which have been destroyed, and they decide to leave Rugby.
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