« on: December 16, 2008, 11:20:20 AM »
We had to move train twice tonight before we even got on it! I was waiting for the 17:00 from Manchester Victoria to Rochdale via Castleton. This train was displayed on the board system as due to leave platform 1 at the stated time, which after waiting ten minutes before and five minutes after, became clearer and clearer,was not going to happen.
We then all got told over the tannoy that the train was pulling into platform 3b, which is about a minute walk away in all the crowd, all the while the ticket guards still making sure we were all hearded and checked for tickets in the usual robotic fashion.
We then waited a futher 10 minutes for the train to arrive and through all the jostling, pushing and shoving, I managed to get on the train. Shortly after giving up my seat for a lady and stuffing myself between two ladies and a handrail in order that people manage to get on at all, the train tannoy then announces that the train we are on, may or may not be the one we need... So after much confusion and getting off the train and on again, I managed to ascertain that the train was indeed the one I wanted and finally at around 20 past 5, the massively overcrowded cattle cart left for home.
