Yesterday morning I received a promotional email from Southern Railways."Ho ho ho Amigo!", it said. "Merry Happy Christmas! I so excited! I never see the snow before. The trains will look so beautiful. And Southern trains give you so many great Christmas offers, like off-peak tickets for only half price but only to Christmas."
That, by the way, is the voice of Loco Toledo, the fictional Mexican wrestler promoting rail travel.
I wondered whether talking about trains looking beautiful in the snow was such a good idea, given that heavy snow was forecast for the south of England later in the day. Beautiful, possibly. Moving, possibly not.
Sure enough, this morning there are cancellations, short notice alterations and delays... along with Loco's recommendation that Santa should take the train (even though Christmas Eve services start closing from 8pm). All of this hasn't really been thought through, has it?
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