Robin May wrote in message .1.4...
(CJG Now Thankfully Living In The North)
wrote the following in:
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Sunday night. Trying to get to Leeds and back again. 40 minuite
round trip. Various cancelliations. Delays. Lack of staff. No
drivers. Turned it into 5 hour matathron. With no staff knowing
what was going on or what to do. The only good thing is that the
staff sent half the passengers on the train I finally got home to
the wrong platform for a train that didn't exisit. So I actually
got a seat for once. Made me think I was in London again!
It's strange that a 5 hour delay makes you think of London. The most
I've ever been delayed on a train in London is about half an hour, and
that was years ago.
I think you mis-understood me or maybe Im just stupid. My journey I
was making was into Leeds and then back out again. Its 20mins each
way. But due to massive delays going into Leeds. Then a big delay
trying to leave the place again lead to over 5 hours to get in and out
of Leeds again. I wasn't stuck on a train into Leeds for 5 hours. As
anyone who has been on an Arriva train. Especially their older ones
would know that being trapped in such a small space for 5 hours would
drive you over the edge.
I can assure you when living in London. A simple journey on the Met
Line (and possibly the Jubliee if I felt like it) into Central London
which takes around maybe 20-35mins depending on where in Central
London I was going to. On some occassions. Maybe "many" occasionals.
The journey was delayed by maybe 10-20mins. And some times these
delays lasted way over the 30mins you so proudly boast.
However at least my other passengers didn't just stare at the adverts
above a route map they acutally made conversation with you. etc....
Im sure Robin May will now fill us in with a story of how he was
delayed on a tube train and he chaired a conversation with the whole
carriage concering the meaning of life and how this meaning can exisit
in an indifferent world.