Just disembarked a full Greater Anglia FLIRT train going from Stanstead Airport to Norwich.
1 Bike area (the train has 2) was filled with neatly stacked luggage. Conductor comes down the train demanding everyone moves the luggage as it’s a bike space - despite no bikes on the tran. A passenger asked where do you want the luggage to go? The are no luggage racks.
The conductor says they should go above the seats. (Many of the bags were large suitcases that clearly would not fit.
Various passangers begin arguing, and things get irate. Eventually it calms down, luggage is left in the bike space and the train fills even more.
Arrival into Ely, one bike space is filled with luggage the other with people sitting on the flip down seats and sanding. 2 bikes are on the platform and the conductor then comes out demanding everyone moves and the luggage is removed for the bikes.
Of course everyone moves the bags to in front of the doors clogging everything up!
So my questions are
Who has priority? The conductor said bikes have priority over passangers sitting down and luggage as it’s a bike space.
Who designed an a airport train with no luggage storage yet space for 6 bikes?
And, should we start charging for bikes? They take up the space of 4 seats per bike space.
1 Bike area (the train has 2) was filled with neatly stacked luggage. Conductor comes down the train demanding everyone moves the luggage as it’s a bike space - despite no bikes on the tran. A passenger asked where do you want the luggage to go? The are no luggage racks.
The conductor says they should go above the seats. (Many of the bags were large suitcases that clearly would not fit.
Various passangers begin arguing, and things get irate. Eventually it calms down, luggage is left in the bike space and the train fills even more.
Arrival into Ely, one bike space is filled with luggage the other with people sitting on the flip down seats and sanding. 2 bikes are on the platform and the conductor then comes out demanding everyone moves and the luggage is removed for the bikes.
Of course everyone moves the bags to in front of the doors clogging everything up!
So my questions are
Who has priority? The conductor said bikes have priority over passangers sitting down and luggage as it’s a bike space.
Who designed an a airport train with no luggage storage yet space for 6 bikes?
And, should we start charging for bikes? They take up the space of 4 seats per bike space.