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Hm (Score:2)

by pudge (1) on 2006.07.05 18:27 (#48607) Homepage Journal

Aren't both trains already gone by now, which is 18.35?

I'd pick the one scheduled to leave earlier (18.14), if it is still there.

Or if I am in a huge hurry, get tickets for both, and be prepared to jump from one to the other if the other starts moving ...

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- Don't assume anything (Score:1)
  
  by mr_bean (3802)
  
  This is quite similar to a situation I was in 6 years ago in Taiwan.
  
  In Abigail's story, the time now is later than the announced delayed departures, but that just means the delay is more than they expected, or announced.
  
  I chose the train which arrived first (and was announced to leave first?).
  
  I was surprised when the other later-arriving train left first.
  
  But the kind conductor and train driver of the slow train helped me make a connection at the other station.
  
  Perhaps they were thinking that seeing the first

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