The 11-hour journey finally ended at 3.30am after hundreds of passengers were put into taxis for the last three hours of their trip
A rail passenger has described his “insane” 11-hour journey to Edinburgh which ended at 3.30am after a “ridiculous” taxi ride. Stand-up comedian James Nokise said he was among “hundreds” of passengers ordered off an Avanti West Coast train at Preston station in Lancashire on Monday night.
He explained that at 7.26pm he was among the passengers who received an email stating that the train was cancelled, which was “a surprise” as it was still moving. An announcement was then made that the service was terminating at Preston but another train to Glasgow was being held to take those onboard to Scotland.
“Some people queued to ask the one ticket booth worker the same question everyone else was. No-one knew anything. Nokise expressed sympathy with the cabbie – who stopped to buy two cans of energy drink – as “it is late, it’s a dark highway and he’s driving a city black cab not meant for this road”. He added: “Perhaps, just possibly, throwing money at cab drivers and getting them to drive several hours in the middle of the night might not be the best contingency plan for train companies to have.”
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