For those few in the know: I can't imagine many typical or infrequent passengers are aware of this. And even that is a bit short notice for those stood on the platform wondering where their carriage might come to a stand. Some platform information displays also describe whether first class is at the front or rear of Crosscountry services (and sometimes the number of carriages), but these aren't always correct either.
where's the like button
? I've lost count of how many times I've seen people running up and down platforms at Reading trying to find their seats for a long distance journey. By the time you find your seat reservation, there is invariably someone sitting in it,thinking they've got lucky and the poor person who has made the reservation missed the train!
From the perspective of a member of the general travelling public she has a point: Why would a passenger disembarking be intending to rejoin the same train? It's you that's demonstrating the "weird" behaviour.
In fairness, _toommm_ didn't say who was the weird one!From the perspective of a member of the general travelling public she has a point: Why would a passenger disembarking be intending to rejoin the same train? It's you that's demonstrating the "weird" behaviour.
Very true.
From the perspective of a member of the general travelling public she has a point: Why would a passenger disembarking be intending to rejoin the same train? It's you that's demonstrating the "weird" behaviour.
When I was a lad, we jumped off and the back on the same train. There wasn't any toilets on the train.From the perspective of a member of the general travelling public she has a point: Why would a passenger disembarking be intending to rejoin the same train? It's you that's demonstrating the "weird" behaviour.
Now that does seem peculiar: Passengers often take the opportunity to alight and "take the air" (or a crafty ciggie, if so inclined
) during the period while units are disentangled or conjoined at Crianlarich, to name one example, which seems eminently sensible. Without knowing the exact circumstance, denying passengers such freedoms seems rather odd.
Now that does seem peculiar: Passengers often take the opportunity to alight and "take the air" (or a crafty ciggie, if so inclined
Was it a booked station call? I'm scratching my head as to which regularly timetabled IC125 services have a booked 20 minute dwell anywhere. It seems strange that the guard would be able to isolate one individual in the usual circulatory flow of alighting and boarding passengers at a typical station call.
Unless there are passengers on the platform in the vicinity of the door (or other passengers preparing to alight the train) it seems like good practice to close it to aid dispatch IMO.
Ah fair enough. That does seem a strange response from the guard then seeing as it is a booked call, and would also explain a potentially small number of other passengers alighting or boarding.
or as happened to me when on a busy train I found a spare seat at a table for 4 and then the other 3 got off leaving me to suffer the glares and mutterings of the lot getting on.
Had a similar incident on Eurostar. Very aggressive woman got on at Ashford claiming I and the other guy next to me were in their seats and we must move. We showed our seat reservations but she insisted they were hers. Spent so long arguing with us that the train departed but when the train manager arrived he pointed out they were on the wrong train....cue smiles all round from the other passengers irritated by their attitude. That was back before HS1 I think and there was a Paris train followed immediately by the Disneyland one and at Ashford they of course occupied both sides of the island platform at the same time. Demands that we stop at Lile for them to change were politely refused.
Or possibly just a bad day at the office. I've been guilty of worse.
We’ll see what happens tonight. Unfortunately for someone I’m going to be on the same train for the next 4 weeks now, and I know where I’m going to sit!
