> I agreed to pick my grandfather up from the station today as he felt
> that it would be easier to get the train down than have the long
> drive. (No doubt partly pleasing Doug) Unfortunately there was a
> signal failure on the east coast main line just south of Chesterfield
> resulting in his train terminating at Sheffield, not that it was
> announced at the station where we were waiting for him, we only found
> out when 10 mins after his train was due to arrive it was listed as
> cancelled. So after eventually tracking down someone who knew we were
> informed that there was a problem (unspecified) and that a
> replacement coach service would be in operation adding about an hour
> to the journey. At this point I go and move the car as the station
> charge

> Depresion wrote:

>> I agreed to pick my grandfather up from the station today as he felt
>> that it would be easier to get the train down than have the long
>> drive. (No doubt partly pleasing Doug) Unfortunately there was a
>> signal failure on the east coast main line just south of Chesterfield
>> resulting in his train terminating at Sheffield, not that it was
>> announced at the station where we were waiting for him, we only found
>> out when 10 mins after his train was due to arrive it was listed as
>> cancelled. So after eventually tracking down someone who knew we were
>> informed that there was a problem (unspecified) and that a
>> replacement coach service would be in operation adding...

> " cupra" gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Depresion wrote:

>>> I agreed to pick my grandfather up from the station today as he felt
>>> that it would be easier to get the train down than have the long
>>> drive. (No doubt partly pleasing Doug) Unfortunately there was a
>>> signal failure on the east coast main line just south of Chesterfield
>>> resulting in his train terminating at Sheffield, not that it was
>>> announced at the station where we were waiting for him, we only found
>>> out when 10 mins after his train was due to arrive it was listed as
>>> cancelled. So after eventually tracking down someone who knew we were
>>> informed that there was a problem (unspecified) and that a
>>> replacement coach service would be in operation adding about an hour
>>> to the journey. At this point I go and move the car as the station
>>> charge £1.50 an hour to park or £8 for a (that's going to encourage
>>> people to take the train isn't it). Then head back about an hour
>>> later, no sign of him. It was eventually 4 hours later that he turns
>>> up as there hadn't been any announcements made about the replacement
>>> coach service operating after an initial "we hope to operate a ...

> I agreed to pick my grandfather up from the station today as he felt that it
> would be easier to get the train down than have the long drive. (No doubt
> partly pleasing Doug) Unfortunately there was...

> Depresion <127.0.0.1> wrote:

>> I agreed to pick my grandfather up from the station today as he felt that it
>> would be easier to get the train down than have the long drive. (No doubt
>> partly pleasing Doug) Unfortunately there was a signal failure on the east
>> coast main line just south of Chesterfield resulting in his train terminating
>> at Sheffield, not that it was announced at the station where we were waiting
>> for him, we only found out when 10 mins after his train was due to arrive it
>> was listed as cancelled. So after eventually tracking down someone who knew
>> we were informed that there was a problem (unspecified) and that a
>> replacement coach service would be in operation adding about an hour to the
>> journey. At this point I go and move the car as the station charge £1.50 an
>> hour to park or £8 for a (that's going to encourage people to take the train
>> isn't it). Then head back about an hour later, no sign of him. It was
>> eventually 4 hours later that he turns up as there hadn't been any
>> announcements made about the replacement coach service operating after an
>> initial "we hope to operate a replacement coach service if possible" about an
>> hour before they started operating (they were hardly packed considering all
>> the trains were having to stop). None of the staff at either end seemed to
>> have a clue about what was going on (as present as they were) and it can't ...

> Believe it or not, he's one of the lucky ones. My mother, in similar
> circumstances, was abandoned on a railway platform at 1AM and told to
> wait until morning for the next train. That was an 87 year old woman
> left on a railway platform at 1AM in the middle of December with an
> avrage temperature of -3C. No waiting room, she was expected to sit
> on a metal bench outside for six hours. Fortunately she called me and
> I drove to pick her up and drove the 540 mile round trip to take her
> home.
>
> A Mr Fenton will be along later to call anyone who has had this level
> of service from rail a liar.

>

>> Believe it or not, he's one of the lucky ones. My mother, in similar
>> circumstances, was abandoned on a railway platform at 1AM and told to
>> wait until morning for the next train. That was an 87 year old woman
>> left on a railway platform at 1AM in the middle of December with an
>> avrage temperature of -3C. No waiting room, she was expected to sit on a
>> metal bench outside for six hours. Fortunately she called me and I drove
>> to pick her up and drove the 540 mile round trip to take her home.
>>
>> A Mr Fenton will be along later to call anyone who has had this level of
>> service from rail a liar.

>Who is Mr Fenton?

> "pdsteveo" phonecoop.coop> wrote in message

>>Who is Mr Fenton?

>
> Steve Firth is referring to me, after I demonstrated that he had told a pack
> of lies about an alleged incident when a train was supposedly left in the
> Manchester Piccadilly...

>
> best of luck mate! Old Firthy gets ill mannered and abusive if you
> dare question his stories. Anyone who drives 540 miles when a phone
> call to taxi company could have sorted things out must be off his
> head.

> Still perhaps he has nothing better to do but vent his spleen on
> here. Maybe the computer consulting has taken a down turn?