Made up excuses for lateness

[CaptainHaddock]

Here's a new one on me, seen on the departures screen at Leeds station Wetherspoons just now.



Call me pedantic if you like but surely if a train doesn't stop at a station it was supposed to it would be early rather than late?

 

[CyrusWuff]

Here's a new one on me, seen on the departures screen at Leeds station Wetherspoons just now.

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Call me pedantic if you like but surely if a train doesn't stop at a station it was supposed to it would be early rather than late?

It's not necessarily that train that had issues.

Looking at RTT, it looks like it was this one.

1653 Hull to Doncaster departed Hessle 17 minutes late.

To me that suggests it overshot the station and was given permission to set back, causing the delay.

I stand for correction, however.