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By Mintilou - 08/04/2016 03:17 - United Kingdom - Wednesbury

Today, like everyday, I got on the train heading back from my university campus in Preston. Usually, it takes 20 minutes. When I sat down, I realised it was a non-stop service to Glasgow and the doors had closed. It took me 7 hours by train and a lift from my best friend at 2 a.m. to get home. FML

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By WrongTrainGuy - 27/05/2021 19:01 - United Kingdom

Today, I took the wrong train and didn’t realise it until it arrived in Aberdeen. Eight hours from where I was meant to go. FML

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By Anonymous - 31/03/2014 11:49 - Netherlands - Vlissingen

Today, I had to take the train from my hometown to my university for a very important meeting concerning my foreign exchange program. When I finally arrived, I noticed a Post-it on the door: "Meeting cancelled, sick". I basically made a 9-hour day-trip for a half-an-hour walk. FML

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By bkeiya - 08/04/2009 12:49 - Japan

Today, I saw my train pulling in to the station. I sprinted up the stairs and luckily made the train. I looked around and no one was in my compartment. I began to notice that the train was heading down some tracks I'd never been too. I got stuck on an empty train for 3 hours in the train garage. FML

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By Anonymous - 07/03/2011 05:38 - United Kingdom

Today, before setting off on my train journey I checked my booking. The (non-refundable) return date was a week later than I intended, and after buying a new ticket online, I was informed that I would be able to collect it in 2 hours. I leave in an hour. I'll have to pay three times to come home. FML

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By CrimsonAmaryllis - 01/04/2013 16:37 - United Kingdom - Bristol

Today, after two and a half hours of travel, it was finally my stop on the train. I politely waited for a group of women to get off first. They took so long to move that the train doors closed. I shouted at one through the door to call the conductor. She watched and smiled as the train departed. FML

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By car_FAILure - 23/02/2010 05:17 - New Zealand

Today, I went to Uni. I woke up at six and got to the station as the train was leaving. I was congratulating myself on my brilliant skill when, as we passed the carpark, I saw I had left my headlights on. It later cost more for the lead to jump start my car than it would have to drive to Uni myself. FML

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By Lawrie - 12/07/2022 10:00

Today, the bus I needed to catch, that replaced the train I needed to catch, to get the flight home was full. I had to get a taxi instead. £140 to the nearest working train station. FML

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By awkward - 05/09/2017 12:00 - United Kingdom

Today, I went to a friend's "party". Everyone bailed but my friend didn't say anything, so it's just me and my girl. The train tickets alone cost £20. FML

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By lukey101 - 30/09/2021 01:00 - United Kingdom

Today, I took the train home to save a few dollars on an Uber fare. I fell asleep on the train, got a fine for travelling outside of my paid zone, and had to take an even longer Uber home than it would have been from where I started. FML

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By 3,500 down - 07/05/2016 08:00 - United States - Altus

Today, my train departed over 10 minutes early. It was the last train of the day. I missed my transatlantic flight and along with it the vacation and concert I'd spent over a year saving for. FML

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Friday 8 April 2016 15:01

Keep that best friend

Mynamewontfi 40

Friday 8 April 2016 14:46

That's why I act like a paranoid every day when taking the train. I always check more than once, inside as well as outside the train or by asking other passengers, to make sure I'm in the right train.

Comments

Dramori 29

Friday 8 April 2016 15:24

Ugh, Glasgow. The river Clyde only runs through Glasgow because if it walked it would get mugged... (I used to live there).

SenseiD 2

Friday 8 April 2016 15:27

Did you make the best out of the adventure?

mancuneanway 14

Friday 8 April 2016 15:27

Definitely a FML. Preston train station is a nightmare

PoolDeadio 12

Friday 8 April 2016 15:31

I bet when the doors closed and you realized you were stuck for 7 hours, you thought in your head "man, this'll make a great FML"

emi_alejandra 23

Friday 8 April 2016 15:34

That's an amazing friend if he/she picked you up at 2 a.m.

phantomxbg 17

Friday 8 April 2016 15:52

That's sucks, but to do have an amazing friend

interesting33 36

Friday 8 April 2016 16:17

Wow that really sucks! Good story to tell though. Did you have to for your mistaken trip to Glasgow as well as the trip back?

Mintilou 8

Saturday 9 April 2016 1:41

Nnlo I got a letter to travel at Glasgow luckily, the ticket guy laughed at me every time he walked past on the train back to Carlisle though...

iateapenguin 27

Friday 8 April 2016 16:50

Yikes. That's the last place I'd want to accidentally end up. My boyfriend and I go to uni in a small town a few hours from Glasgow, decided we'd visit for a few days to see what it's like... someone threatened to beat him up within 30 minutes of us arriving.

DeadxManxWalking 27

Friday 8 April 2016 16:58

best friend indeed, you owe him one

Soluxis 17

Friday 8 April 2016 17:10

Oh damn. I once spent 4 hours trying to get from Preston home to Lancaster after being directed onto the wrong train that took this horrible circuitous route straight to Carlisle. I then had to get a bus south.