Mother’s fury after she’s forced to stuff her child into a luggage rack on packed train - after paying over £180

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Furious mother blasts rail firm after she’s forced to put her child in a luggage rack - after paying £182 for tickets

Writer Bee Rowlatt, 51, was travelling from York to London with her four children when but there were no seats, and they were forced to sit on the floor along with other passengers.

She shared a picture of her child sitting in a fully loaded suitcase rack and captioned the photo: “York to KX on @GC_Rail - no seats anywhere, floors and corridors completely blocked and one of my kids in a luggage rack. This trip cost £182.94.”Ms Rowlatt replied: ''Apologies for the discomfort La' is not what I was hoping for to be honest.

? If there were an incident of any kind how would these passengers safely evacuate a carriage or indeed the entire train? If someone needed help of any kind how would they be reached quickly?“'Kindly offer a refund. Completely unacceptable. Buy more carriages and use them and no more shareholder payments till you do!” One person posted online.

Another said: "This is a clear breach of health & safety, failing to provide the service for which you've been paid." Wtf? Is that supposed to be an apology from the rail company THEY PAID £182 this is a clear breach of health & safety, failing to provide the service for which you've been paid ie sufficient seats, failure for provision of wheelchair users in event of trying to get on off etcA third said: “If there was an incident of any kind how would these passengers safely evacuate a carriage or indeed the entire train? If someone needed help of any kind how would they be reached...

 

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Worst railway service in Europe possibly the world

'Forced'

there wasn't a seat for him, no one forced her to put her kid in the luggage rack.

Tory Britain

Why she doesn't blame the other passengers? I always offer a seat to pregnant, disabled people, and kids

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