A RAIL passenger has gone viral on social media after describing his “insane” 11-hour journey to Scotland – which ended at 3.30am after a…
A RAIL passenger has gone viral on social media after describing his “insane” 11-hour journey to Scotland – which ended at 3.30am after a “ridiculous” taxi ride.
Stand-up comedian James Nokise said he was among “hundreds” of people ordered off an Avanti West Coast train at Preston station in Lancashire on Monday night, with passengers apparently told of the cancellation via email even before staff on board. The train company arranged for taxis to take the travellers to their Edinburgh destination, more than three hours away.Nokise was driven to the Scottish capital with three other people in a black cab.
In a series of posts viewed more than 2.6 million times on social media platform X – formerly known as Twitter – he wrote: “At 4.40pm I jumped on a train from London to Edinburgh.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.
Nokise wrote: “It turned out there were no more trains north after that and, excitingly, no forthcoming information.“Some people queued to ask the one ticket booth worker the same question everyone else was.
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