I dont even know where to begin - Recently my Girlfriend was coming through to mine regularly due to unforseen circumstances. I drive so i usually go down, she does not, and living over an horu away, we thought that her getting the train would be the best option. Spoiler - it was not.Monday - We wake up to see her train has been cancelled, so she had to get the later one which as a result meant she was late to work. That night, her return train was delayed by 15 minutes which meant she had 2 minutes to run to another platform to make her transfer as if she didnt, she wouldve had to wait 45 minutes in a freezing cold train station. Tuesday - The train there was fine, her return however was delayed by over 30 minutes, meaning not only was she sat on a train that was not moving for 30 minutes of her day. She also missed her layover. This meant she missed her transfer, and had to wait 30 minutes for the next train - bear in mind this is early January in the north of England, it was freezing.Wednesday - First train delayed by 10 minutes. And then her return was delayed again! for the third day in a row. It was delayed by over 20 minutes and thank god the transfer was delayed by 2 mins because it meant she could run to catch it. Otherwise she wouldve been left waiting again for the next transfer. She finishes at 5:30, gets the train at 6, its an hour journey and some days she was not getting home until 8 because of these delays. I dont physically understand how a train provider, a compnay who literally provides train services every day, pretty much 365 days a year, are making consistent mess ups 3 days on the trot. Its quite frankly ridiculous - safe to say we will not be bothering with the trains again, i would rather do the pretty much 3 hour round trip to get her than let her get on the train.
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