'Paid a fortune to be treated like dirt': Passengers furious at post-Christmas train mayhem

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'Paid a fortune to be treated like dirt': Passengers furious at post-Christmas train mayhem
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Rail passengers told i about being packed into delayed trains with broken toilets, with some saying they were made to feel like cattle

they had “spent a fortune to be treated like dirt” on delayed trains with broken toilets, and that they were made to feel like cattle.

Key rail routes from northern cities, including Liverpool and Manchester, into London were severely disrupted as engineering works continued. CrossCountry trains running north of Banbury, near Oxford, and between Reading and Manchester were extremely busy for a second day due to the knock-on impact from the strike action and engineering works on other routes.

He added: “Today I’m absolutely disgusted with all aspects of national rail; there’s been so many issues when I got to Rugby. There was no mention of rail replacement coaches as part of the journey so when we were told it was a coach, I was startled.

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