Many things in the outside world can set off allergies - pollen, insects, dust etc - you as an individual can mitigate as far as possible (eg moving away from a dog) but you can't expect other people to make massive compromises for something like that.
Likewise, for someone like myself with an allergy to dust mites, should we go round hoovering and deep cleaning all the seats and carpets that are full of them at every station stop? Of course not! Sensibility must prevail. There are many different antihistamines out there, and those with allergies are able to take appropriate action in order to relieve their symptoms, be it to dogs, cats, pollen, dust, dust mites or any other allergens.
It's hardly gonna be the fastest using a Northern train!! **Ouch**!!!Perhaps it was a racing pigeon that was trying to cheat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slough_railway_station#"Station_Jim": paragraph 3 of the inscription.
Yes, very much so. If someone really has a dislike of animals, they can easily go to another part of the train. Ive never had any unruly animals on my train, however, ive had plenty of unruly passengers.
Yes. There was an elderly couple that travelled regularly every week, and they had an 11 year old Siamese cat on a lead. Was on my train often. Very friendly cat. Spent the whole journey with its paws on the window ledge watching out of the window.
Did I say (or even imply) that?
So what is the definition? A passenger with a dog allergy on a 153 for example..
As much as I love horses, I wouldn't be too happy with a horse on a train. They are much too easily frightened, with sudden movements and loud sounds often startling them, which may result in bucking, rearing, etc. Obviously, if a horse were to get spooked on a train, both the horse and the passengers would be put at risk, not to mention the potential damage caused onboard the train.
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/metr...rides-train-prepares-life-london-9257621/amp/
Presumably whatever the traincrew decide as it is them that would be (or not be) enforcing it.
As much as I love horses, I wouldn't be too happy with a horse on a train. They are much too easily frightened, with sudden movements and loud sounds often startling them, which may result in bucking, rearing, etc. Obviously, if a horse were to get spooked on a train, both the horse and the passengers would be put at risk, not to mention the potential damage caused onboard the train.
I can just picture some small child running down an aisle on a train, spooking a horse. As much as the parents should be controlling their child, situations like this would be incredibly dangerous. Recently, as I was leading a horse in, a pony came cantering down the hill, and my horse went absolutely crazy and wouldn't stop kicking! Thank God we were in the field at the time - if in an enclosed space, the outcome would have been very different...
Although, I did read somewhere that they were training a miniature horse as a guide animal on the Tyne and Wear Metro. If I ever needed some sort of assistance animal, I'd certainly opt for a horse or pony if the option were available - never been a fan of dogs, particularly on trains, if I'm honest.
Edit: Here it is.
Fine. But there has to be an understanding that no dogs are allowed on the seats, the owner has to try to silence them if they start to make noise, they are not allowed to run around the carriage (though that's fairly rare), and preferably they should not be allowed on at peak times (because then it's crowded enough that you can't just "move away").
Videos all over YouTube of pigeons using the Tube! I wonder if they were charged a PF at the barrier for not having a valid authority to travel
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Crikey, how did the pigeon get past the barrier staff at Blackpool North...!
Was going to say it must have flown over the platform fences but it wouldn't have been long before someone dragged it back into the "holding area"
At no point has anyone advocated having dogs in seats. Clearly they should be under or between seats or in vestibules, if they aren't allowed seats how are they taking up space and should be charged
In the same way that paying passengers who are forced to stand are taking up space?
Great. Let's allow standing passengers to travel without a ticket then, and we'll see how that goes.
No because the rules say all passengers must have a valid ticket
You are misunderstanding my point.
