Heating on trains

[DaisyNonna]

Is it unreasonable to expect some form of heating on a train journey of over 2 hours, bearing in mind that it is the end of November and the sun (if any) disappears before 4.15?

[excelsior-1]

Not at all.

[DaisyNonna]

Pity Southern Rail do not agree. Phoned their comment line, young sounding female had no idea whether or not the trains had any heating.

[excelsior-1]

Kids on switchboards ... Makes me fume

[dotty.]

i spent the winter of 2010/11 travelling on the train from preston to st annes at silly o'clock in the morning and the guard always said it was cold because it was the early train..........every time the various guards said this i explained that being the early train it was the coldest and needed heating more than later trains! god knows how they heat the things, sounded like they could either run the train or heat it but not both.

[ELVIS68]

Heating on trains?...next you'll be expecting them to run on time!

[Prudie]

South West trains are just the same Daisy. It makes me really angry as I really feel the cold.

[dotty.]

Elvis i overheard a conversation between 2 rail staff whilst waiting for the blackpool train, one was saying that they were waiting for an upgrade of rolling stock from down south, apparently they were getting 10 year old carriages because the southern lines had new stock delivered, the guy was quite excited i think, 10 year old carriages, luxury he said! seems the south get the new stuff and the north get the cast offs.

[Prudie]

Yeah but the old trains were better dotty - warmer, open windows you could stick your head out of, toilet doors that you actually lock without an electronics degree....

[China Doll]

Hmmmm.. my trains are usually too bloody hot! (And I really feel the cold but these things are stiffling, probably because they're so packed too).

[DTCwordfan]

"there's snow on the tracks" - "We have no heat in the carriages." "So, bad luck, you are going to spend the night here."

It's not that far off now - perhaps later this week for some, given the forecast. The way our railways is run in comparison to a lot of our EU partners is a complete joke.

[Barmaid]

that's why they overcrowd the trains. They rely on the combined body heat of the passengers crammed in like sardines to heat the train!!!

[DaisyNonna]

Glad I am not alone. My circulation is not good and get cold very quickly. Perhaps I should try taking a hot water bottle with me. Doubt if I could get it refilled en route.