Currently on my way to Liverpool Street. After the Manningtree stop, on my way back from the buffet, I was accosted by a panicked young man. He'd boarded to go the Colchester for his A Levels and had realised this train was non stop to London.
Confirmed that this was the case with me, he was getting really upset. I suggested he speak to the guard as there might be a remote chance they could stop make an unscheduled stop at Colchester.
The answer as I suspected was no, but worth a try for the young chap. I don't think the guard rang control perhaps knowing there was no point.
It got me wondering, would a train ever be stopped for someone in these circumstances? Are some TOCs more likely than others to do this or is it pretty unusual for it to happen.
Appreciate they can't be doing extra stops willy nilly or it would descend into chaos, and it's passengers responsibility to make sure they get on the right train. But are there ever extenuating circumstances other than life threatening illness or other dangerous circumstance that would count?
Feel sorry for him, it's the one service per day that calls at Manningtree but not Colchester. I think he was in a rush and assumed they all called at Colchester.
Confirmed that this was the case with me, he was getting really upset. I suggested he speak to the guard as there might be a remote chance they could stop make an unscheduled stop at Colchester.
The answer as I suspected was no, but worth a try for the young chap. I don't think the guard rang control perhaps knowing there was no point.
It got me wondering, would a train ever be stopped for someone in these circumstances? Are some TOCs more likely than others to do this or is it pretty unusual for it to happen.
Appreciate they can't be doing extra stops willy nilly or it would descend into chaos, and it's passengers responsibility to make sure they get on the right train. But are there ever extenuating circumstances other than life threatening illness or other dangerous circumstance that would count?
Feel sorry for him, it's the one service per day that calls at Manningtree but not Colchester. I think he was in a rush and assumed they all called at Colchester.