Is it unreasonable to expect some form of heating on a train journey of over 2 hours, bearing in mind that it is the end of November and the sun (if any) disappears before 4.15?
i spent the winter of 2010/11 travelling on the train from preston to st annes at silly o'clock in the morning and the guard always said it was cold because it was the early train..........every time the various guards said this i explained that being the early train it was the coldest and needed heating more than later trains! god knows how they heat the things, sounded like they could either run the train or heat it but not both.
Elvis i overheard a conversation between 2 rail staff whilst waiting for the blackpool train, one was saying that they were waiting for an upgrade of rolling stock from down south, apparently they were getting 10 year old carriages because the southern lines had new stock delivered, the guy was quite excited i think, 10 year old carriages, luxury he said! seems the south get the new stuff and the north get the cast offs.
Yeah but the old trains were better dotty - warmer, open windows you could stick your head out of, toilet doors that you actually lock without an electronics degree....
"there's snow on the tracks" - "We have no heat in the carriages." "So, bad luck, you are going to spend the night here."
It's not that far off now - perhaps later this week for some, given the forecast. The way our railways is run in comparison to a lot of our EU partners is a complete joke.
Glad I am not alone. My circulation is not good and get cold very quickly. Perhaps I should try taking a hot water bottle with me. Doubt if I could get it refilled en route.