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21st July 2008, 10:37 AM

On Jul 20, 7:46ï¿½pm, "Jim Hawkins" <jimhawk...@manx.net> wrote:
> "ï¿½iï¿½ardo" <h...@nowhere.com> wrote in message
>
> news:sKFgk.42084$7B3.24129@newsfe30.ams2...
> I assure you I did NOT change. ï¿½I caught the train at Salford Crescent at
> precisely 17:48 and took no further interest in it until I realised it was
> taking rather a long time to get to Manchester Airport, and then discovered
> it was going to Liverpool.
> 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.
> But no, I did not change that train.
>
> Jim Hawkins

I think you have misread the station name boards.
I think you caught the 17 49 from Manchester Oxford Road to Liverpool
Lime Street. Thus missing your flight to the Isle of Man.

21st July 2008, 10:37 AM	#17 (permalink)
exjims Guest Posts: n/a Classified Rating: % ()	"Never buy a ticket on the internet..." On Jul 20, 7:46ï¿½pm, "Jim Hawkins" <jimhawk...@manx.net> wrote: > "ï¿½iï¿½ardo" <h...@nowhere.com> wrote in message > > news:sKFgk.42084$7B3.24129@newsfe30.ams2... > I assure you I did NOT change. ï¿½I caught the train at Salford Crescent at > precisely 17:48 and took no further interest in it until I realised it was > taking rather a long time to get to Manchester Airport, and then discovered > it was going to Liverpool. > 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. > But no, I did not change that train. > > Jim Hawkins I think you have misread the station name boards. I think you caught the 17 49 from Manchester Oxford Road to Liverpool Lime Street. Thus missing your flight to the Isle of Man.