#CrossChannelRail : final leg of Day 2, #Lille - #London - #York - #Harrogate
So #LNER made sure I had time for a real 
espresso (and lovely #baklava @Lebanese place) at #YorkStation by organising a 20min signalling problem in #Doncaster. No worries, this us #England and not #France: there are departures to Harrogate every 30min throughout the day.
#Northern #York #Leeds via Harrogate
plenty
a problem as there are no curtains!
#CrossChannelRail : Day 2, #Lille - #London - #York - #Harrogate
Thanks to #eurostar delay, no waiting in #KingsCross. Could check platform from #nationalRail live board, had QR code ready, the only thing was to jump above Mr FirstOut who had built a wall of suitcases at carriage door - then remember, twice to the right in #StPancras.
#LNER #London #Edinburgh : have reservation at front of train, I stopped midway.
ish 
https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/live-trains/departures/london-kings-cross/york/
#CrossChannelRail : Day 2, #Lille - #London - #York - #Harrogate
Waiting in #LilleEurope :
although understaffed today
#Eurostar : Good in France, none in tunnel, poor in the UK 
20 min delay "due to operational issues" in #Rotterdam
I have a 30-min connection between #StPancras and #KingsCross, could still work… Staff announced delay and went thru carriage, I could get a Railteam delay certificate (not sure it's valid for my #LNER train, but worked last time)
@cstross Just booked two tickets to London for a funeral :( Train from Doncaster - KGX. All going well until redirected to Hull Trains to buy ticket. Lost patience and redid the whole thing through LNER in a quarter of the time I'd already wasted.
Not the first time this has happened to Baroness Grey-Thompson. If they're going to treat her like this, what chance for disability rights?
It's disgusting in 2024 we still have covert and overt ableism.
This is KCX! It isn't a tiny station in the middle of nowhere at 2 am.
I think group litigation is what is needed, otherwise, the likes of @LNER
will just continue to ignore the needs of disabled people.
BBC News: Tanni Grey-Thompson forced to 'crawl off' train BBC News - Tanni Grey-Thompson forced to 'crawl off' train
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq5dqxzggleo
#Trains
#Disability
#Accessability
#GreyThompson
#LNER
#FailureOfDisabilitySupport
#KingsCrossStation
Ooops, when I hoped that the Govt's deal with ASLEF over pay would start to end the pain for rail passengers, looks like I spoke (typed) prematurely.... ASLEF drivers on LNER are about to (re) start strike action(s) over successive weekends in a long running (but separate) dispute.
Apologies, I thought there was light at the end of the tunnel, but that just turned out to be another train coming towards LNER passengers (but not one they can board, of course).
On the train. #LNER breakfast, #TPE #TranspennineExpress lunch. #TrainTravel
Kann ich solche geilen Reservationsanzeigen bitte auch überall in Kontinentaleuropa haben? #LNER #CrossBritannien
@HauntedOwlbear At least for #LNER I found it trivial to reserve a seat online (for free) when travelling in the UK on #Interrail last years. Worked brilliantly. No problem getting a seat even for the same day at least for 1st class in April.
Contacted by an independent company doing a survey on behalf of #LNER, to find out how my complaint (on 06/11/23) was handled by LNER.
Overall satisfaction: extremely dissatisfied.
Please state reason for that rating: "I haven't had a response yet".
One thing I miss from the other place is the thriving UK rail and trains community. Does anyone know any good accounts to follow on here? I've tried all these hashtags -
#RailMastodon #TrainMastodon #Rail #Trains #LNER #Scotrail
- but they don't have any traction (sorry )
And would be nice if the train companies had a social media presence here, that's the main reason I have to keep my tw*tterx account.
#LNER have decided to give me the #deutschebahn experience, and we are now running 14 minutes late. At least you get a meal included with First Class[*] fares here. And beer, but not as good as in Germany.
[* It’s a long journey, and I got an Advance ticket so it only cost one kidney]
Excellent self-advocacy from Doug Paulley here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtSqZlMYHCQ
I’m sure there are very good, safety-based reasons for it being difficult to move a train a short distance along a platform before reopening the doors
But it’s clearly not impossible, and I can’t imagine it would have taken twenty minutes if everyone involved had realised what needed to be done
Managed to snaffle a cheap first class ticket on #LNER this afternoon and I’m literally being bombarded with free snacks. 10/10.
Had to temporarily reactivate my birdsite account, to contact #LNER because of the East Coast Mainline problems yesterday. It's a very shouty, angry, place now (tw*tter, not LNER).
Shame that all the infrastructure social media accounts (rail, road, ferries, local authorities, etc.) are still only on there.
Contraflow on a train going over the damaged Plessey viaduct.
#PlesseyViaduct #Plessey #Northumberland #Railway #LNER
