That service required a second change mid-way: it rattled along just fine until the last station before the change-point, and there it stopped: held by a red light until there was a free platform at the change point. I bypassed the blockage by bus, and got a slightly different route into the city - arrived in time to get the connection half-an-hour later. I don't know if the breakdown was heat-related, but it wouldn't surprise me. ![]() My train took the hit, and the next one was already delayed. Another train on the line had broken down mid-route - they were a train short, and had to work past the blockage. Arrived at my local station, to find that the train I was targetting had been cancelled. The first line is a simple, and recently modernised, commuter shuttle into the nearest city - it normally runs as regular as clockwork. Two trains, both run by the same operator, with a half-hourly service on each line - what could possibly go wrong? Mine was an easy, relaxed, walk in some watery countryside, to ward off the oppression of the summer heatwave. have I missed EM station twice? Thought I'd seen the whole town.'Local' in this case means down in the valley bottom, beyond the newsagent (which you have seen). ![]() Grumbles, Glory, Corona and All Your Off Topic Discussions
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