My train got into Marseille St Charles station more or less on time. A 10-minute stop was scheduled before we (I was sharing the train with others) continued northwards to Lyon and Dijon. After 15 minutes or so we were informed that there was a delay of 20 minutes. How were we to interpret this message? Did this 20-minute period include the original 10-minute stopover, in which case we could look forward to resuming our journey in about five minutes? Or was the 20-minute delay calculated as from the END of the scheduled stopover? If this were the case, we would have to wait another 15 minutes. Or was the 20-minute delay calculated as from the actual time of the announcement?
I leave you to guess which turned out to be the right interpretation!
My guess is that they wanted to pleasanty surprise you, and as soon as the announcement was made, the train started again and all you passengers instantly received a text with a ;o) face on your mobile phones. Then the driver personally came to your wagon to apologize. Ca se passe comme ça chez la SNCF!
ReplyDeleteApart from a few points of details - there was nobody answering to the description of a driver and apologies were slurred over the intercom system - it happened exactly as you predicted!
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