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Challenges of travelling by train

JD-on-sea

Evening all. I just need to share this with you.

I commute to and from work and am currently on a fairly crowded train. My line have just introduced new carriages where the seats are closer together so if you don’t know the person next to you it’s fairly intense. I struggle with this most days and often want to scream, but instead develop a banging headache. And why is that as people get off the train and there are more seats, the person next to you doesn’t move? I find this so unbearable some evenings that I say excuse me and am ready to head to a clear set of seats I can see and then the person I was sat next to moves there anyway - long sigh.

Anyway, thanks for letting me share this with you. Does anyone have similar experiences with public transport?

Parents

  • Hello,

    I do travel by train to London and can find it hard. I sit in Standard Premium where it can be quieter and I have had a carriage to myself on one early morning service. I find the return trips hard as I have been seated near some very noisy people so had to wear my ear defenders. I do find the underground hard to use at times but they do have priority seats which are useful. I have experienced people sitting right opposite and being noisy but as soon as I move they move away! Have you looked in priority seating on your train? If you are using a Great Western service then they do offer a free, travel pack with fidget toys and squeeze toy as well as a communication card. 

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  • Hello,

    I do travel by train to London and can find it hard. I sit in Standard Premium where it can be quieter and I have had a carriage to myself on one early morning service. I find the return trips hard as I have been seated near some very noisy people so had to wear my ear defenders. I do find the underground hard to use at times but they do have priority seats which are useful. I have experienced people sitting right opposite and being noisy but as soon as I move they move away! Have you looked in priority seating on your train? If you are using a Great Western service then they do offer a free, travel pack with fidget toys and squeeze toy as well as a communication card. 

Children
  • in reply to LucyLandRover

    Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experience.  I know what you mean about the noise and I find the lights too bright on some of my trains which just reduces my tolerance for the rest of it. It’s good that you can sometimes benefit from the priority seating option - there isn’t this on my trains, so I tend to opt for really early trains to beat the crowds in the morning, which helps, but the evening is like the ‘Wild West’ - all passengers for themselves. I’ll survive, but it’s just so good to talk about it with like-minded people