{"id":22430,"date":"2025-04-15T16:26:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T16:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/22430\/"},"modified":"2025-04-15T16:26:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T16:26:09","slug":"britains-biggest-train-pet-hates-revealed-including-smelly-food-as-thousands-brace-for-easter-rail-travel-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/22430\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain’s biggest train pet hates revealed including ‘smelly food’ as thousands brace for Easter rail travel chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"

SMELLY food – and having to stand in standard when the First Class carriage is empty – are Brits\u2019 biggest train \u2018icks\u2019.<\/p>\n

A poll, of 2,000 adults, discovered the top 20 \u2018rail fails\u2019, also include noisy passengers, loud music or videos being played and unclear announcements over the tannoy.<\/p>\n

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Brits aren’t fans of fellow passengers tucking into smelly snacks on the tracks.Credit: Joe Pepler\/PinPep<\/p>\n

Similarly, seats being taken up with luggage or being used as a footrest are familiar annoyances.<\/p>\n

While the top three most irritating rail dislikes are costly tickets<\/a> (35 per cent), delays<\/a> (34 per cent) and overcrowding<\/a> (24 per cent).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Almost half (43 per cent) are already bracing for rail transport this Easter<\/a> to be disrupted<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Marc Pell, managing director at temporary car insurance provider Tempcover, which commissioned the research, said: \u201cThe research highlights the very real frustrations many endure with UK train travel.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“The quality of a journey significantly impacts overall enjoyment, and unreliable services take away from people\u2019s precious time.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver a four-day Easter holiday, no-one wants their plans derailed.\u201d<\/p>\n

The research went on to find two in 10 experience delays or cancellations on services most times they travel by train – with 11 per cent having experienced a hold-up of more than four hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And the average time passengers have had to wait on a rail replacement bus service is 41 minutes, while 20 per cent have done so for an hour or more.<\/p>\n

The average price of tickets costs almost \u00a3110 – with 80 per cent citing train ticket prices as expensive.<\/p>\n

To make things even worse, 44 per cent have witnessed someone playing loud music<\/a> in their carriage, and 42 per cent have come across a rude passenger<\/a> during their travels.<\/p>\n

Dad and son fatally struck by Amtrak train while desperately trying to save suicidal family member who jumped on track<\/p>\n

But staff are the silver lining, with 49 per cent saying they are helpful, according to the OnePoll stats.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Furthermore, 51 per cent would rather drive<\/a> than catch a train – as you can get straight to your destination (49 per cent), have your own space (38 per cent) and it\u2019s seen as more reliable (35 per cent).<\/p>\n

Marc Pell, of Tempcover, added: \u201cThis Easter, car sharing is another way to visit friends and family.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is where temporary car insurance can really help. Just borrow a car, get insured in minutes and you can travel on your own terms whenever you want – evening or day, on or off-peak\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Has a slow train ever put you to sleep?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SMELLY food – and having to stand in standard when the First Class carriage is empty – are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5018,3,4],"tags":[748,487,938,393,786,4884,1012,257,1144,712,820,1263,1014,1015,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-22430","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-britain","8":"category-uk","9":"category-united-kingdom","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-cost-of-living","12":"tag-easter-2025","13":"tag-england","14":"tag-food-and-drink","15":"tag-great-britain","16":"tag-holiday-tips-tricks-and-hacks","17":"tag-london","18":"tag-northern-ireland","19":"tag-scotland","20":"tag-section-newsuk-news","21":"tag-transport","22":"tag-travel-advice","23":"tag-travel-delays-strikes-and-disruption","24":"tag-uk","25":"tag-united-kingdom","26":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114342919105460660","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}