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What the passengers said...
Evening Standard07.01.09
Naomi Weight, 34
Wardrobe mistress from Leighton Buzzard: “We came to see Edward Scissorhands. If we can't get a coach we will have to pay about £50 catching a train from Marylebone to Aylesbury and then a taxi home for 2am.”
Louise Gladwin, 20
Student from Leighton Buzzard: “I've resigned myself to being at least four hours late home if we get a coach to Watford. So we're making the most of it sat here on the freezing floor nursing a small bottle of buck's fizz.”
Liz Brown, 32
A singer from Milton Keynes: “I'm performing in a pantomime in Cumbria at noon (today) and if I'm not there, there is no one to replace me and it will be a disaster. My dad is driving 90 miles from Milton Keynes to pick me up.”
Belinda Regan, 34
From Berkhamsted who works in financial services HR: “I pay £2,884 for a season ticket and the service for the last month has been terrible, but this is a real low point. I'm late for work so often I'm at the point where I could be disciplined.”
Trevor Burke, 50
A QC from West Hampstead: “I'm defence counsel in a murder trial in Stafford and it's the first day of the trial. There's no way I am going to make it for 10am. We're going to have to get a message to the judge and try and drive up there. I was in Colorado last week where it was minus 14C and everything was running fine.”
Daniel Holly, 24
NHS consultant from Clapham: “I only moved to London on Monday and this is my first introduction to the transport system. I had a meeting at 9.30am and there is no way I am going to make that. You expect more when you are paying over £200 for a ticket.”
Michelle McDowell
Structural engineer from Clapham: “You have to be philosophical living in London, you get used to it. I paid £350 for a return ticket and I'm going to have to cancel my meeting today.”
Heidi Shabankareh, 18
Drama student from Leatherhead: “I'm meant to be in Birmingham for an audition for a drama degree. I've been preparing for this for a month and I don't know how I'm going to explain.”
