The Anonymous Widower

It Happens Again Travelling To And From Ipswich

This afternoon, I went to football at Ipswich and like last week, when I encountered the troubles detailed in this post, I had more trouble.

I decided to get the 13:00 rather than the 13:30, in case the latter was a bit late.  I was advised by staff at Liverpool Street station, not to take the 13:00, as it was only going to Colchester. Instead I was told to get the 13:02 slow train to Ipswich. After a few stops and hiccups, I eventually got to Ipswich, a few minutes later than the 13:30 normally would, which meant I missed about two minutes of the match.

Then at half-time, a couple of people turned up who had caught the 13:30, which had arrived forty-five minutes late.

Returning to London, I normally catch the 17:09 and I did today, but it had lost thirty minutes from its schedule by Manningtree.

By Colchester, we were going better and eventually got into Liverpool Street only losing a few more minutes.

The ticket collector told us all that it appeared that there had been an attempted cable theft, although that is not mentioned in this article in the Eastern Daily Press.

February 1, 2014 - Posted by AnonW | Sport, Transport/Travel | Ipswich Town, Trains