Today, I was planning to visit my older brother. He lives in a smallish town in London’s south-west suburbia. My other brother, who lives on the south coast, would also be there, so it would be a good opportunity to catch up with siblings, deliver Christmas presents, and generally be merry.
However, my plans are thwarted because apparently, on Boxing Day, there are no trains, and I have no car.
Yet.
This is ironic because in the 23 years that I haven’t had a car, I’ve never felt particularly immobile; there was always a reasonable alternative to the private car. Now I’ve decided to buy one, I found myself stuck.
It’s also strange that in 23 years, I never realised that you can’t get a train on Boxing Day. I suppose subconsciously I always knew this, and travelled at other times around the Christmas period.
So why do we not have a train service on one of the few days of the year when people have the time to go and visit people? Seems odd to me. Perhaps all the train crews are busy shopping in the post-Christmas sales.
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You sure there is no train service? OK, so I’ve not looked (way too much like hassle) but they usually run a reduced service on boxing day (and by reduced I mean buses because there are engineering works
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Yes, I have. No service. At least not on the line I use. I believe there are some trains running in Strathclyde, and of course the Gatwick and Heathrow Expresses, but that’s about it.
That sucks.
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