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Lucas Werkmeister

@LucasWerkmeistr

good morning! today I'm trying to get all the way to Liverpool; I'm already on the first train, and all the others have generous connection time, so I'm optimistic despite the post-/inter-strike chaos

8/19/2022, 10:12:51 AM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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(I think only yesterday and tomorrow are strike days, and today isn't? not entirely sure though. but the rail website says this connection, unlike others, still exists)

8/19/2022, 10:12:51 AM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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made the first connection (the only one with less than an hour at the station) whee

8/19/2022, 11:20:37 AM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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arrived in Plymouth! next train departs in an hour and fifteen minutes or so, and is currently said to be on time

8/19/2022, 12:23:02 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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the next train just arrived (half an hour early) but they're not letting us board it yet 😤

8/19/2022, 1:00:24 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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yay, the train driver arrived and let us on the train \o/

8/19/2022, 1:04:43 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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the sea by Teignmough, apparently

8/19/2022, 2:30:24 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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oh wow, there's two (2) other people wearing a mask in this coach!

8/19/2022, 3:13:11 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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(the train is very full; I can see those two people, together with several others without masks, because they're having to stand :/ )

8/19/2022, 3:13:12 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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lovely bit of countryside (somewhere between Taunton and Bristol, I think)

8/19/2022, 3:37:28 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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made it to Birmingham! and I'm finding the train station confusing 😅

8/19/2022, 5:52:15 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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I'm sure this automatic system with turnstiles at each entrance/exit, where you just scan your phone at the beginning and end of your journey, is very useful for local transit – but the way it's also used for inter-city rail means that...

8/19/2022, 5:52:16 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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...I have to find a human staff member to let me through each time, because those scanners can't scan my ticket. here in Birmingham I needed to do that twice just to get from one platform to another (because they're in different zones, apparently) :/

8/19/2022, 5:52:17 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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(that's also why I didn't leave the station in Plymouth and just waited an hour on the platform instead: it didn't look like there were any authorized personnel around)

8/19/2022, 5:52:17 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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I'm on the last train, to Liverpool! it has five-seat rows :o

8/19/2022, 6:07:52 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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huh, Deutsche Bahn is here ^^

(specifically Schenker, by Wolverhampton, apparently)

8/19/2022, 6:28:26 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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arrived in Liverpool \o/

8/19/2022, 8:22:07 PM

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