On Wed, 23 May 2007 13:22:14 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:
> wrote:
>
>> On 23 mei, 14:13, d4g...@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor
>> (*)) wrote:
>> > wrote:
>[]
>> > > Is it worse than Durham-Newcastle - a 10 minute journey that always
>> > > seems to take at least an hour?
>> >
>> > Eh, it's just over 10 minutes whenever I've taken it, including
>> > recently. Maybe there were train problems that day?
>> >
>> > It's probably among the most frequent and highest speed services in the
>> > UK.
>>
>> The actual traveling time is about 10 mins, but that doesn't take into
>> account the time you spend waiting for delayed or cancelled trains and
>> shuttling between platforms.
>
>It's usually running fine on that route though. Durham's station is
>tiny,
Small claim to fame, I once spent a night sleeping in a waiting room in Durham
station in mid winter. One of the station staff lit a fire to keep me warm.
Hostels, who needs them?
--
Martin
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