King's Cross 'worse than Jordan' amid overcrowding, claims passenger with Parkinson's
dailyrecord.co.ukA retired man with Parkinson’s disease has said he felt safer on holiday in Jordan than dealing with the “dangerous” situation which awaited him as he got a train home from King’s Cross station.
John Hinson, 61, who lives in North Ferriby, East Yorkshire, arrived in London on Friday after a two-week holiday to Jordan.He said people were “crashing against the barrier” as they flocked for trains at King’s Cross and his assistance was cancelled before he boarded a Hull Trains service to Brough on Saturday morning.“It was just so dangerous,” he told the PA news agency. “I have Parkinson’s and I have difficulty walking, so my wife (Joanna, 61) went to ask for assistance and all assistance was cancelled.
We were basically told that if we cannot get the train, we need to cancel and come back again.”He said the assistance would have been a wheelchair to the train, but as this was not arranged for him, he “just made” the train, “shuffling” behind his wife who had to drag two large suitcases.“I took my medication early to ensure I had enough dopamine in my system to cope.
There did not seem to be any police about or any management,” he added.“When I got to the station, one noticeboard said the train was delayed and another said it was cancelled, so it was hard to know exactly what was happening with the train.“The platform number was eventually announced and there was a mad rush to get to it – people were jumping over and pushing through the gaps in the barrier, so there was a lot of chaos trying to get on a train.”He said that the Hull train was due to leave at 9.48am and was half an hour late, having waited a further 10 minutes for passengers at King’s Cross, and arrived in Brough about 12.50pm.“When we were on holiday in
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