My last experience from Euston to Manchester was the on a Pendolino type ‘thing’ there was about seven first class[all nearly empty] and two cattle class[full to the Brim] , It was one of my worst ever journey’s by Rail , I was near a door that kept swishing open because people were in the standing ten deep in the door area , it smelt of ‘Poo’ from the toilets , it was horrendous , with lunatics on the phones telling where they were or had just passed continually , with the ticket collector ‘touting’ upgrades for a small fortune to first class [gradually filling up through fatigue and the will to survive] my back[side] was numb through ergonomically designed seats that were designed to be a means of torture , so that the slightest loss of consciousness meant tipping forward , my god ! those old BR moquette seats with side headrests are but a distant luxurious memory , If I’d had the readies I would have joined the steady ‘pain drain’ to first class as well , old ‘winters’ knows which side his breads[rolls in first class ] buttered….perhaps it should be called the S&M Railways and that aint ‘Southern and Manchester’ ….
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