PhilipW
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An interesting article about a person not being allowed on the platform to see her parents off.
http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/lo...railway-station-platform-restrictions-1.63662
Apparently, according to ScotRail, this is due to security reasons.
What a load of old rubbish. Whatever happend to commonsense ?
http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/lo...railway-station-platform-restrictions-1.63662
Stuart Gillespie in The Dundee Courier said:Daughter upset by railway station platform restrictions
A DUNDEE woman has hit out at the treatment of elderly rail passengers after she was refused permission to escort her parents on to a train.
Fiona MacGregor was shocked when she was not allowed through the barriers to wait with the couple on the platform at the citys railway station.
Her parents, both in their eighties, were returning home to Preston after spending the festive period with their daughter.
Ms MacGregor, who has recently moved to Dundee from Dumfriesshire, said: I went to the ticket office to see about a platform ticket but was told that in order to go on the platform I would need to buy a train ticket.
The cheapest one was to Broughty Ferry and in desperation I agreed to purchase one.
Then I was told I would have to buy a return ticket because I would need to be able to get both in and out of the barriers.
Ms MacGregor balked at the cost of the return ticket and was again refused entry to the platform after pleading her case to a different member of staff.
She added: My poor parents had a heavy suitcase and some bags of Christmas presents.
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Apparently, according to ScotRail, this is due to security reasons.
What a load of old rubbish. Whatever happend to commonsense ?