Great Western train bosses spark outrage after telling passengers to avoid going home tonight
Commuters were told to head home tomorrow after bad weather caused a day of heavy delays
STUNNED commuters have been told not to travel home tonight as train companies struggle with capacity after a day of heavy delays.
Great Western Railway advised passengers to "travel tomorrow if you can"; after bad weather caused transport chaos across the country.
The train company tweeted: "There is a limited train service in and out of Paddington, we advise customers to travel tomorrow if you can for long distance journeys."
It comes after footballer Gary Neville posted a selfie on a train floor referencing Jeremy Corbyn’s infamous train seats row.
The former Manchester United star wrote on Instagram: “Doing my Jeremy Corbyn selfie! ‘Sitting on the floor of a train’” alongside a picture of him in the train’s corridor.
Neville, 41, is believed to have given his seat up for an elderly man.
Corbyn, 67, had sparked a storm last month by claiming he had to sit in a corridor.
The Labour leader admitted that he had lied in the train seats row and that there were seats available.
But Mr Corbyn said he wanted to sit with his wife Laura Alvarez but could not find two places together.
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The row erupted after he was filmed sitting in a corridor on Virgin’s 11am London to Newcastle train complaining it was “completely ram-packed”.
Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson then released CCTV images of him walking past empty seats.
And Jezza, 67, admitted: “Yes, I did walk through the train, yes, I did look for two empty seats together so I could sit down with my wife to talk to her, that wasn’t possible.”
The angry leftie faced a barrage of questioning about the train after a speech about his NHS plans in North London.
He said: “Can we move on please, can we have an NHS question?”
One journalist said: “We live in a free country. I am entitled to ask you a question I want to ask you.”
Mr Corbyn said: “I am very well aware we live in a free country. I really hoped you would be able to find a question on the NHS, but if you can’t then we’ll take another one.”
He finally admitted what happened on the train. He said the train manager found him some seats which he took 42 minutes into the journey, which contradicted earlier claims he spent three hours on the floor.
He hit out at Sir Richard, suggesting a future Labour government could nationalise railways.
He said: “I hope Richard Branson is aware of our policy, which is for train-operating companies to become part of the public realm.”
Tory MP James Cleverly said: “So much for Mr Corbyn’s ‘honest politics’.
“We now see he’s not the principled man he pretends to be.”
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