[Travel] Liverpool Trains

Driver8 said:

Which is why I drive!

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Gazwag said:

No problems going up Saturday all on time but the Virgin this morning had a fault so arrived back to London 45 minutes late. Got a later train than expect from Victoria and as long as we get our connection at Hampden Park will just be 30 minutes late home.

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Roadrunner said:

You’re going to regret asking me how my experience on the trains was….!

Because of engineering works, the only way I could get to my booked train from Euston was to cycle from LA to Ford and catch the 05:58 to Pulborough. That was where the fun began. The rail replacement bus driver didn’t have a clue where he was going, reversing up country lanes, taking wrong turnings and skipping Christ’s Hospital completely. I had to sit up front and talk him through the last bit from Crawley to Three Bridges. Managed to get a message to Southern, who promised to hold the train – turned out to be unnecessary as the connecting service was late anyway. Got to Euston with about 8 minutes to spare. Reservations hadn’t been loaded onto the system, so had to turf people out of our seats. Trip to Lime Street was uneventful, although I also got riled by the sheer number of plastic Scousers/Mancs. Hoped that was the end of the fun and games….but not to be.

Scrambled onto the 18:47 out of Lime Street, which was rammed as they had let too many people on without reservations. Naturally someone was in our seats so we had to turf people out again. Arrived late into Euston, so was left with only one option to get back to Ford. Train out of Victoria crawled into Three Bridges late and the station staff negated to hold the (last) replacement bus to Pulborough which left three minutes before our train got in. Dozens of stranded people, station staff absolutely useless. Resorted to social media (funny how often that gets a response) after which someone else appeared and told us to join a bus to Horsham, where onward travel would be arranged for us. Arrived at Horsham after midnight. Bit of negotiation between various station staff, resulted in cabs being ordered. These took nearly an hour to arrive as Southern can only use certain cab firms and ours had to come from Crawley, despite there being a cab rank outside the station. Taxi driver barely spoke any English and had Bangla music blaring at full volume all the way back to Ford (ca. 01:30). Cycled home in pitch darkness, got in just before 2am. Overall I was out of the house for 21 hours.

You did ask.

Oh, and we got spanked 4-0.

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Gazwag said:

No problems going up Saturday all on time but the Virgin this morning had a fault so arrived back to London 45 minutes late. Got a later train than expect from Victoria and as long as we get our connection at Hampden Park will just be 30 minutes late home.

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Bod said:

I was on that train . Quite pleased with the delay as it means I get half the cost of the ticket back.

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Gwylan said:

Yeah, I saw that at Lime St. I was on the 11.04 and changed at Crewe for the London train. All good ... apart from the fact that the carriage I was booked on didn't exist. Fortunately, I did find a seat and then discovered the wi-fi wasn't working - so much for my plans to work on the train (it wasn't working on the way up either).

A good weekend away though ...despite the result. Can't recall me less bothered about a 4-0 spanking.

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northernseagull said:

Journey was pretty decent except for a stupidly drunk 'cockney' scouser' on the 18:47 from Lime Street. Anyone else who was on that carriage would agree this was a bellend of the highest degree... Every slurred sentence started with a 'let me tell you something' or 'I'm a proper scouser me'. Thank you to the Albion fan who told him to jog on - he then proceeded to annoy the next carriage along

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Gwylan said:

Yeah, I saw that at Lime St. I was on the 11.04 and changed at Crewe for the London train. All good ... apart from the fact that the carriage I was booked on didn't exist. Fortunately, I did find a seat and then discovered the wi-fi wasn't working - so much for my plans to work on the train (it wasn't working on the way up either).

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A good weekend away though ...despite the result. Can't recall me less bothered about a 4-0 spanking.

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