Felicity Ward
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Every six months, that's what it's been.
It's double the cost.
It's slower trains at half the size.
The question is asked, what went wrong?
Have you caught a British train lately?
You are held hostage in an oven box with broken air con.
Every second toilet doesn't work.
They sell more tickets than seats, inadequate bag space on trips that can take five hours.
You wait at the station for 35 minutes to be told 90 seconds before which platform you have to run to and the doors close 60 seconds before it leaves.
Trains break down because it's too hot, too cold, too wet.
A single leaf has hit the tracks.
They're understaffed.
The keys don't work.
All for the pleasure of £150 for an on-the-day ticket.
They followed the blueprint exactly.
It was Manchester to their dreams.