With Christmas fast approaching and many people wanting to travel to the popular shopping destination and capital city it would seem that it is the most inconvenient time for railway maintenance to commence. Lasting through the whole of September travellers will have to get off at Southampton and get a bus to Eastleigh in order to continue on the train from destinations such as Weymouth, Poole and Bournemouth. The justification is much needed renovation of a tunnel which goes through the city centre. Why now? Surley it would be more practical after the Christmas rush. Not in the middle of winter when already frustrated passengers would like to stay on theur train.
This isn't the only example of stupidity by Southwest Trains. These works which could wait are underway all over the country. If the tunnels were literally falling apart it wouldn't be so bad, but general maintenance can wait!
Overall the journey time isn't affected. If we are honest though, no one really is happy about getting off the train on a cold December day to get a cramped stuffy coach to Eastleigh or some other random station.
Maybe Southwest Trains should look into upgrading the actual coaches of the trains. The tacky, nauseating, gum ridden seats that are about as inviting a a pile of dung (unless ofcourse you are a dung beetle). With the price of fares I think that would be a luxury worth wanting and having. Until then I suppose all us passengers will have to grin and bare the annoying chore of changing trains to get to London or any other station that is affected by this "maintenance".
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