The Witham train I caught didn't have the easy journey I was hoping for.
We spent at least half an hour waiting outside Shenfield for a platform to become available even though the train wasn't actually scheduled to stop there.
Even when a platform did become free the train pulled into it and stopped for another 40 minutes or so. It was there so long the driver got permission to open the doors to allow people off to stretch their legs.
Then while all that was going on, the station tannoy announced a Colchester train would be leaving from a different platform in a couple of minutes. Cue a mad dash by most of the passengers on our train across to the other one.
I stayed and was rewarded with a near empty train that departed a couple of minutes after the Colchester.
I finally got to Witham at about 10 past eight, and arrived home about twenty minutes later.
In all an hour and three-quarters' journey took almost 4 hours.
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