From
the BBC» East Midlands Railway passengers upset by lack of social distancing
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[Current government guidance] states: "When travelling you should, where possible, stay two metres apart or one metre apart with mitigations, from people who are not part of your household or support bubble."
But passengers have said this has not been possible.
Will Loxley caught an EMR» service from Sheffield to Ely on Saturday, with two carriages.
He said when the train stopped in Nottingham at about 10:50 BST "there were maybe 100 people waiting on the platform". The 26-year-old, from Sheffield, said: "They got on. People were asking others to sit next to them and also people were standing up.
"We were sat there for half an hour with the windows closed on the track. Then they told us the train was cancelled.
"Why send two carriages? It seems a bit farcical. It's a bank holiday - they knew it was going to be busy."
We don't know the full story - but another indicator from outside our own area that right across the
UK▸ , travel patterns are changing / have changed.
Even with the best will in the world and every attempt to have the
capacity fit the demand, there are going to be issues from time to time. Sadly, I'm not convinced that every such attempt has been made - I think I have seen attempts to make the
demand fit the capacity. And doing it that way round is not providing a service for the customers - customers who are going to be vital for the future of the railway.