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

In message , at 11:11:51 on Wed, 28 Feb
2007, Paul Terry remarked:
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

I've had the Ashford problem. Invited to meet a client by a third party,
who was convinced it was the Middx one, and only at the very last minute
changed his mind to Kent.
--
Roland Perry

In message
Roland Perry wrote:

In message , at 11:11:51 on Wed, 28 Feb
2007, Paul Terry remarked:
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

I've had the Ashford problem. Invited to meet a client by a third party,
who was convinced it was the Middx one, and only at the very last minute
changed his mind to Kent.

I've been sent to Farnham when the interviewee was in Fareham. Oh how we
laffed!

We had a sub-editor who was renowned for these sort of mistakes by the name
of Mark Bayliss. One good one was being sent to cover the Orient Express
visiting Weymouth. I'd actually covered the story the previous week so we
had a gentle drive down to Weymouth, a good lunch and then phoned into the
office to find where the train had got to. The girl in the newsroom looked
on her computer and came back with 'You've been Baylissed!' Apparently he
was sat behind her at the time.

--
Graeme Wall
This address is not read, substitute trains for rail.
Transport Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail/index.html

In message , Graeme Wall
writes
I've been sent to Farnham when the interviewee was in Fareham. Oh how we
laffed!

We had a sub-editor who was renowned for these sort of mistakes by the name
of Mark Bayliss. One good one was being sent to cover the Orient Express
visiting Weymouth. I'd actually covered the story the previous week so we
had a gentle drive down to Weymouth, a good lunch and then phoned into the
office to find where the train had got to. The girl in the newsroom looked
on her computer and came back with 'You've been Baylissed!' Apparently he
was sat behind her at the time.

Out of interest, where was the Orient Express at the time?
--
Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK

Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England
http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk

In message
Ian Jelf wrote:

In message , Graeme Wall
writes
I've been sent to Farnham when the interviewee was in Fareham. Oh how we
laffed!

We had a sub-editor who was renowned for these sort of mistakes by the
name of Mark Bayliss. One good one was being sent to cover the Orient
Express visiting Weymouth. I'd actually covered the story the previous
week so we had a gentle drive down to Weymouth, a good lunch and then
phoned into the office to find where the train had got to. The girl in
the newsroom looked on her computer and came back with 'You've been
Baylissed!' Apparently he was sat behind her at the time.

Out of interest, where was the Orient Express at the time?

I assume somewhere between Victoria and Dover as normal.

The Weymouth trip was a charter by Sealink in conjunction with the renaming
of a ferry.

--
Graeme Wall
This address is not read, substitute trains for rail.
Transport Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail/index.html

In message , Graeme Wall
writes
In message
Ian Jelf wrote:

In message , Graeme Wall
writes
I've been sent to Farnham when the interviewee was in Fareham. Oh how we
laffed!

We had a sub-editor who was renowned for these sort of mistakes by the
name of Mark Bayliss. One good one was being sent to cover the Orient
Express visiting Weymouth. I'd actually covered the story the previous
week so we had a gentle drive down to Weymouth, a good lunch and then
phoned into the office to find where the train had got to. The girl in
the newsroom looked on her computer and came back with 'You've been
Baylissed!' Apparently he was sat behind her at the time.

Out of interest, where was the Orient Express at the time?

I assume somewhere between Victoria and Dover as normal.

Oh I see what you mean. It does go elsewhere, though. I usually
encounter it in Maidenhead (en route to Windsor) or Stafford (en route
to Ironbridge or the Potteries).
--
Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK

Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England
http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk

In message
Ian Jelf wrote:

In message , Graeme Wall
writes
In message
Ian Jelf wrote:

In message , Graeme Wall
writes
I've been sent to Farnham when the interviewee was in Fareham. Oh how
we laffed!

We had a sub-editor who was renowned for these sort of mistakes by
the name of Mark Bayliss. One good one was being sent to cover the
Orient Express visiting Weymouth. I'd actually covered the story the
previous week so we had a gentle drive down to Weymouth, a good lunch
and then phoned into the office to find where the train had got to.
The girl in the newsroom looked on her computer and came back with
'You've been Baylissed!' Apparently he was sat behind her at the
time.

Out of interest, where was the Orient Express at the time?

I assume somewhere between Victoria and Dover as normal.

Oh I see what you mean. It does go elsewhere, though. I usually
encounter it in Maidenhead (en route to Windsor) or Stafford (en route
to Ironbridge or the Potteries).

This was a long time ago, 1985. They'd only just started using the set for
journeys other than as part the service to Venice.

--
Graeme Wall
This address is not read, substitute trains for rail.
Transport Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail/index.html

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!