I’ll get to the nightmares but first timetable changes and other LNER problems. The nightmare did not originate with LNER, but LNER made it worse.
But first the LNER bullshit video on Facebook. So bad, ASA should issue a fine. An example of Facebook enshittification.
Book a seat. It is never the seat booked.
Catch a train, find a seat. If can find a seat.
Cheap Day Returns. Don’t exist. Pay for two singles.
Saver Tickets, Super Saver Tickets. No longer exist.
Cheapest ticket, ask at the station. Often a split ticket. Cheaper than LNER website with their mutating rail fares
The 13A sockets are beneath and between the seats. Have to be a Japanese contortionist to access. No integral usb sockets. No fast charging.
Can order food from a seat. Really. Is it that much hassle to walk to the buffet car?
On a recent trip, a female LNER staff member smashed my phone. I’m still waiting to be compensated for the repair.
Catch an LNER train. LNER Gestapo patrol the train. Wrong train, wrong time, wetting themselves to issue a fine. All passengers wish to do is travel from A to B with minimum hassle. But problems, delays, cancellations, LNER staff not to be seen.
Two weeks ago, ihe middle of December 2025 , major timetable changes, Not a few minor tweeks, major changes across the entire network.
For example, two trains an hour Lincoln to Nottingham,where previously one train an hour.
Lincoln to York via Doncaster, return via Newark. Now, Lincoln via Newark, return via Doncaster.
Tuesday, the day before Christmas Eve,
Outgoing, from Lincoln, 1120 train to King’s Cross, change at Newark for the Edinburgh train.
LNER Azuma waiting at the station at least 30 minutes before the train was scheduled to leave. I boarded an empty train. Even when it departed, very few passengers.
Train from King’s Cross to Edinburgh packed.
At York, never seen so many passengers. Christmas, or was it no trains north of York massive signal failure?
No trains between York and the North. Signal failure. Train over 20 mins late. Missed connection at Doncaster. Ten minutes window. Advised alight at Doncaster, make further inquiries. At Doncaster advised change at Newark. I could have remained on the train and changed at Newark. Newark taxi ride to a station on the other side of town. Reach destination, last bus long gone. Not eaten since a bowl of soup at lunchtime. Not feeling well. Cost of meal, cost of taxi.
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