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| Jubilee trains shortage sparks anger among spectators | Jubilee trains shortage sparks anger among spectators |
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| Frustrated Jubilee revellers turned on rail operators for failing to provide enough trains to get spectators into London comfortably. | Frustrated Jubilee revellers turned on rail operators for failing to provide enough trains to get spectators into London comfortably. |
| Services into the capital were packed, with many passengers, including tearful children, unable to board overcrowded carriages. | Services into the capital were packed, with many passengers, including tearful children, unable to board overcrowded carriages. |
| Several took to Twitter to complain that a normal Sunday service appeared to be operating, despite the fact that hundreds of thousands of people were planning to travel into London to watch the Thames pageant. | Several took to Twitter to complain that a normal Sunday service appeared to be operating, despite the fact that hundreds of thousands of people were planning to travel into London to watch the Thames pageant. |
| Emma Bradley tweeted: "SW Trains really should have thought this through. Children literally crying cos can't get on the train at Norbiton, New Malden etc." | Emma Bradley tweeted: "SW Trains really should have thought this through. Children literally crying cos can't get on the train at Norbiton, New Malden etc." |
| Kris Temple tweeted: "A Jubilee mare from @SW_Trains – normal Sunday service, standing room only." | Kris Temple tweeted: "A Jubilee mare from @SW_Trains – normal Sunday service, standing room only." |
| Jeremy Bellamy, a Conservative councillor from Canterbury, said: "Amazed that South Eastern trains seem to have been taken by surprise by the Jubilee weekend." | Jeremy Bellamy, a Conservative councillor from Canterbury, said: "Amazed that South Eastern trains seem to have been taken by surprise by the Jubilee weekend." |
| J Peak said: "London Midland Epic fail! If Jubilee Sunday is sign of how you'll run the Olympic service you deserve to lose the franchise." | J Peak said: "London Midland Epic fail! If Jubilee Sunday is sign of how you'll run the Olympic service you deserve to lose the franchise." |
| Greater Anglia and First Capital Connect were also attracting criticism for apparently failing to lay on extra trains. | Greater Anglia and First Capital Connect were also attracting criticism for apparently failing to lay on extra trains. |
| A spokesman for the Association of Train Operating Companies said: "Train companies have been running extra services today and adding carriages at the busiest times of the day to get people to and from the celebrations as quickly and easily as possible. But, of course, we apologise in instances where trains have been very busy and passengers haven't got the service that they expect." | A spokesman for the Association of Train Operating Companies said: "Train companies have been running extra services today and adding carriages at the busiest times of the day to get people to and from the celebrations as quickly and easily as possible. But, of course, we apologise in instances where trains have been very busy and passengers haven't got the service that they expect." |
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