 "Never buy a ticket on the internet..."
Walter Mann wrote:
> "Jim Hawkins" <jimhawkins@manx.net> wrote in message
> news:sKWdnf_IY5FzGh7VnZ2dnUVZ8gOdnZ2d@.co m...
>
>> The only thing I can think of as a possibility is that it wasn't the 17:48
>> to Manchester Airport, but some other train running late or early. I only
>> had a few seconds to scan the arrivals board at Salford Crescent, and may
>> conceivably have misread it.
>
> I think he says it all himself - "arrivals board". There are, of course, two
> "17.48 Manchester Airport" trains at Salford Crescent - but one of them is
> the arrival time and origin of the train to Wigan which others suggest
> continues as the 18.29 Wigan to Liverpool train.
Does Salford Crescent have an arrivals list? Yes, it
probably has, since the system upgrades a couple of
years ago. They put one at Oxford Road as well, which
caused all kinds of problems and (I believe) is no
longer displayed.
If so, apologies to Mr Hawkins. These things
should be abolished.
Charlie |