Same happened to me at Cardiff. I started driving instead.
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Rail Rage - anybody handled it better than I did this morning?
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Posted 10 months ago #
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Do you have anger management problems? You come on here moaning about somebody doing their job and having to ride 7 miles to work. You sir are a prize prat!
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Why? For some naughty words? Pfffttt
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Do what? Not following.
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The train guard is responsible for the safety of the passenger on a train, and his decision is final, sadly being a naughty cyclist,you have now made it harder for the cyclists that use the train as a means of accesing more remote areas, not just a short commute, there are rules set out in the rule book, and obviously the guard was up holding them, dont like it, write to Northern Rail,the office of the rail regulator, and anyone else you can think of, but as Northern Rail are a private company, they take your money and its up to them to make the rules, as with everything in life.
Oh and most supermarkets deliver, some free, and never heard of mailorder cycle parts.
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OK, reported
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Maybe you'll get a toffee apple
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Oooooo, a slice of carrot cake would be better. But I'll settle for the toffee thang.
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moaning about somebody doing their job
er, doing their job totally by the book and being a right jobsworth about it. If ALL the train managers rigidly stuck to the 2 bikes per train rule and the 'buy a ticket before you get on' rule then all very well, we know what to expect. But EVERY Northern train manager except 2 of them allows multiple bikes and tickets on demand.
The trains can take 4 bikes without any problem. I can't see why the limit is 2. They used to ban bikes totally on the Hull to Scarborough line and years afterwards I found out why. The reason was TOTALLY ludicrous and unjustified.
I get fitter as a result of my self-admitted over the top blow-up. It's true, no-one knows the full story. There may be a good reason why I'm a bit angry this week. I could do with a ban from stw, It would make me find something else to do when I'm bored.Posted 10 months ago # -
Oooooo, a slice of carrot cake would be better. But I'll settle for the toffee thang.
No doubt with a large side order of GRASSPosted 10 months ago # -
project, it's weird how one word offends you but another doesn't.
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"Tortuous" means twisty. "Torturous" means torture-like. Learn to read, people.
And to the OP, yes, probably just about everyone's handled it better than you. Chill out, get 7 miles of de-stressing in and stop being a walking PR disaster for cyclists.
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No doubt with a large side order of GRASS
Bring it on baby.
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Make sure you shut the door on the way out then tiger.
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Deveroon,Just perhaps a passenger, who has bought a ticjket has complained about to many bikes taking up space,or delaying the departure of the train, like i said string a few words together and send it to northern rail,
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Sorry, but if I did my job wrong, I'd get a bollocking. Wouldn't you?
Train 'manager' (aka, guard) = hero.
You = dick.Posted 10 months ago # -
Deveron53 - Member
project, it's weird how one word offends you but another doesn't.Posted 1 minute ago # Report-Post
I have no problem with swearing, but dont want to read it aimed a t a public servant, thats whuy i ***** it, also whats the other word.
Ps luving your work so far...........
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Jobsworth conductor wouldn't let my dog on the train earlier... so I set it loose on him...
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I'm sure you have more chance of getting a hippo on a train as I doubt there is a rule that says "no hippos on trains". Whereas there is a rule about only allowing 2 bikes on a train.
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I could do with a ban from stw, It would make me find something else to do when I'm bored.
Echo those sentiments. People don't even try not to be nesbits when they go online, they say what they would have said to that big guy in the pub if they had the nads. Not been here that long but it can be like nesbit-central sometimes.
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Hippos rock.
(unless you are in a canoe and one takes a dislike to you)
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Whats a nesbit???
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That hippo has only 3 legs.....
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Is it a scotch thing (a nesbit) ?
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That
hippodog has only 3 legs.....that's why I was so angry.. the guy expected us to walk home.. he didn't even care that my dog's disabled..
jobsworthPosted 10 months ago # -
Canoes rock...sometimes....
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They're not Train Managers, trust me - I speak as a Northern Rail driver. A small minority of guards/conductors tend to be jobsworths (apart from in Leeds where the majority seem to be jobsworths. Sheffield are supposed to be a pain too but I don't have dealings with them in work). Liverpool and Manchester guards tend to be the most amenable but there are 'a few' who are a pain in the arse as there is in any walk of life. There is officially a two bikes policy on Northern but that is down to guard's discretion at peak times (and they're supposed to show discretion to allow more than two bikes at quiet times). The problem we've got at the moment is that the little sh1ts that go round by the dozen with BMXs at weekends and school/bank holidays are causing problems for 'real cyclists' on trains and I can see them stuffing it up for us all. Try to be diplomatic, not easy when faced with a little Hitler but try nonetheless.
But 7 miles? Come on...
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In defence of Northern Rail I have spent the last 18 months commuting with my bike on NR trains and have found all of the staff to be really amenable and helpful. On the train I was on we often had four or five bikes and the staff even moved passengers off the flip up seats to accommodate us.
I found the attitude of the staff helpful and the one time I got refused on the train because it was rammed the Conductor was very apologetic.
With NR you don't have to book in advance, unlike Transpennine trains where you do.
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did anyone notice the 7 miles you were vehemently refusing to ride on your bicycle! Must. Get. Train!
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Oh and ever tried getting on a bus wuith a bike, it wont ever happen.
I've taken a tandem on a bus.Posted 10 months ago # -
you can stick your bike on this bus http://www.gwynedd.gov.uk/gwy_doc.asp?doc=25961&Language=1 then ride down Snowdon!
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I got a surly big dummy, the long cargo bike, with wideloader racks on a train.
I hid it behind some big wheely bins on the platform, waited, found bike carriage, quickly stuck it on without being seen.
Had it parked across the train. Did you know a big dummy is as long as a train is wide.
Guard finds me and is polite and cool.
No hassles despite me blocking the corridor.
Saucey looking girl in silver leopard skin leggings liked the bike too. She smelt of cannabis.Posted 10 months ago # -
Rail Rage - anybody handled it worse, ever?
Posted 10 months ago # -
get up a little earlier, and bimble in to work all calm and collected.
At 14 - 15 mph avg, I think he did bimble
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