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Went to Huddersfield today planned a trip to Manc Picc. Got to the ticket booth and I asked for a child return from Hudds to Manc Picc.
£4.15!!! there was no way I was paying that so me and a friend caught an Arriva train to Leeds. This is where the story starts.
I hopped on the train, and we pulled away, and the the guard came and asked for tickets, to which I replied 'can I have a child day ranger please?' and he kept saying 'what? what?' (to which I'd gone through dayranger, dayrover, dayeverything) so then I gave up and said 'oh I'll just have a return to Leeds then please' and then he was wiping his eyes and nearly falling asleep, then after pressing manically 600 buttons on his thing, he gave me one of those sticker-esque tickets. To which it said:
From: Huddersfield
To: Metro Train Dayrover
Price: £1.90
Expires: 3rd DMR 05
Then I got off and took some photo's in Leeds (deleted them all as they were horrid)
Then I got on a TPE 158 back to Huddersfield, absolutely jam packed, just as I stepped on I heard the driver shout to a chav girl with a fag, 'OI! put the fag out! shouldn't you be in bed!' and then blew his horn and made her scream
Then a couple got on with a pram, and the driver told me to sit on the collapsable seat by the doors, and we set off and everytime the AWS cab bell rang (signalling device) this couple panicked 'what's that?!' 'WHAT'S THAT?!' so I told them what it was and the looked at me really strangely.
I figured if you stand by the doors on a 158, you can hear everything that goes on in the cab due to a little vent type thing in the wall.
Conclusion: Arriva is sh*t
£4.15!!! there was no way I was paying that so me and a friend caught an Arriva train to Leeds. This is where the story starts.
I hopped on the train, and we pulled away, and the the guard came and asked for tickets, to which I replied 'can I have a child day ranger please?' and he kept saying 'what? what?' (to which I'd gone through dayranger, dayrover, dayeverything) so then I gave up and said 'oh I'll just have a return to Leeds then please' and then he was wiping his eyes and nearly falling asleep, then after pressing manically 600 buttons on his thing, he gave me one of those sticker-esque tickets. To which it said:
From: Huddersfield
To: Metro Train Dayrover
Price: £1.90
Expires: 3rd DMR 05
Then I got off and took some photo's in Leeds (deleted them all as they were horrid)
Then I got on a TPE 158 back to Huddersfield, absolutely jam packed, just as I stepped on I heard the driver shout to a chav girl with a fag, 'OI! put the fag out! shouldn't you be in bed!' and then blew his horn and made her scream
Then a couple got on with a pram, and the driver told me to sit on the collapsable seat by the doors, and we set off and everytime the AWS cab bell rang (signalling device) this couple panicked 'what's that?!' 'WHAT'S THAT?!' so I told them what it was and the looked at me really strangely.
I figured if you stand by the doors on a 158, you can hear everything that goes on in the cab due to a little vent type thing in the wall.
Conclusion: Arriva is sh*t