(21 Jun 2016, 11:12 am)Jimmi wrote I've had a few close shaves with connections, nearly missed a connecting train in Doncaster one day, also had a late running TransPennine service one day from Dewsbury which made a connection at York pretty tight but fortunately the connecting train was late as well which gave me an opportunity to get a slightly naff photo of Tornado, but the one that always goes wrong is the CrossCountry service that should arrive in Darlington at 19:32 on a Saturday, nearly always have to run to Darlington Town Centre to catch the 19:45 5A home. I do admit it does add some fun and tension although pretty much every bus journey for me now has a zero minute connection as Arriva have screwed me over putting all my local services back 5 minutes.
Best policy for if you miss your booked service is go and speak to the guard/conductor/train manager, explain the circumstances and ask if you can use your ticket on their train.
That way if the answer is a no you're not going to get charged a brand new ticket and the more courteous/polite you are, the more likely the answer will be a yes.
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