Graham Murray wrote:

The best one (possibly apocryphal) I have heard was a foreign woman at
Paddington who wanted to get to Turkey (presumably via Heathrow) but
was sold a ticket and put on the train to Torquay.

I've heard that one too, although at Waterloo and presumably hoping to get a
train through the channel tunnel.

On Sun, 4 Mar 2007 02:57:08 -0000, "Tim Roll-Pickering"
wrote:

Graham Murray wrote:

The best one (possibly apocryphal) I have heard was a foreign woman at
Paddington who wanted to get to Turkey (presumably via Heathrow) but
was sold a ticket and put on the train to Torquay.

I've heard that one too, although at Waterloo and presumably hoping to get a
train through the channel tunnel.

When I booked from Liverpule Street via the Hook Continental I asked
for specific cities.

On Feb 28, 11:11 am, Paul Terry wrote:
In message , Bill Hayles
writes

It probably happened with Ashford to Ashford (for which I remember
seeing a ticket from one to the other) and Gillingham to Gillingham, but
I can't recall a real life example.

I've certainly suffered the Gillingham confusion, although not by train.
A couple of years ago I was working in Canterbury for a client for a
week, and was told that I'd need to pop up the road to Gillingham one
afternoon. Despite being pronounced with a soft G it turned out to be a
return drive to Dorset
--
Paul Terry

I once heard a story (again probably apocryphal) of a passenger
complaining to BR (as was) about some problems she had had at
Teignmouth station and receiving a reply which referred her to the
Tyne and Wear Metro as the correct organisation to complain to. Mind
you, at one time, the recorded announcements at Woking (and possibly
elsewhere) used to pronounce "Teignmouth" as "Tynemouth", so heaven
help the poor passengers!