Southeastern gives St Pancras station a cheeky makeover for St Patrick’s Day
Southeastern Railway said top of the morning to its travellers by cheekily renaming St Pancras International station to St Patrick’s International in honour of the holiday today.
Travellers have joined in the festivities across social media, noting the name change across display boards at stations:
Railway fun this morning at Canterbury West train station, changing the destination from St. Pancras to St. Patrick's pic.twitter.com/m430h10Dhg
— Jaap Rademaker (@RademakerDG) March 17, 2017
Calling at #StPatricks International only! I HEAR YA @StPancrasInt! ☘️ pic.twitter.com/86iAkgKMZy
— Kieran Walsh (@MrKieranWalsh) March 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/GirdlerTasha/status/842692499672055808
Going home for the weekend and the departures board says "St Patrick's" instead of St Pancras … oh National Rail you jokers x
— mr. chief, face the camera (@majesticseaslug) March 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/whatsernxme/status/842657293124751361
Some of those celebrations have even included indulging in a lurid green drink pre-departure:
Top o' the mornin to ya! Happy #StPatricksDay all! #FridayFeeling #TGIF #sunisshinning #beautifulday 🍀🍀🍀 pic.twitter.com/uZ5fEA7EaJ
— St Pancras by Searcys (@SearcyStPancras) March 17, 2017
Though not everyone has experienced the luck of the Irish during their travels, it’s all been in good fun:
Renaming St Pancras station as #StPatricks isn't helpful if you are as useless at navigation as me. Nearly missed my train @nationalrailenq
— TheGrantPerkins. (@TheGrantPerkins) March 17, 2017
Some very confused travellers today. Looking for St Pancras but all trains going to St Patrick's ☘️☘️☘️😂 pic.twitter.com/aoD0wMDabw
— Audrey Beadle🇮🇪🇪🇺🇺🇦 (@audreybeadle) March 17, 2017
St Pancras or… How I laughed. Till I had to buy a ticket. pic.twitter.com/YUPrqAAwxg
— Whut? (@kwhutwhut) March 17, 2017
Southeastern passenger services director David Wornham said: “We’re really pleased to have put a smile on our passengers faces this morning, and wish everyone a Happy St Patrick’s Day!”