Train Journey with toddler

Thank you so much for all your help, particularly the map of Sheffield station - I hadn't even though out the hassle of changing platform with a pushchair!!

I've just booked my ticket with red spotted hanky, and no booking charge nor credit card fee which was fab. I decided just to book me a seat, because my son has been on a train once before (a steam train), and he insisted on sitting on my knee.

I didn't bother with the family rail card, as this is a one off train journey; I normally drive everywhere, but my OH is working until the 24th December, so I thought me and my son would go up and see my parents early, then my OH will drive up CHristmas day, and we'll travel back in the car with him. Saves having 2 cars up at my parents house, and the single train ticket is cheaper than the return petrol for a 320 round trip.

We'll be leaving the house at 7.30, then a 1 hour bus journey to our nearest station (Oxford), then a 2.5 hour train to Sheffield, then the second train journey is an hour.

So, er... what do I do if my son fills his nappy whilst on the train?! Do they have nappy changing facilities, as all I remember are tiny toilets hardly big enough for one!?

mysk_girl wrote: »

Yes, the disabled loo has a changing table. I also live an hour from Oxford station on the bus! You'll be fine, mine love the journey :-)

Oxford is not difficult with a buggy, but I would leave a decent amount of time as if either of the lifts isn't working (happened to me twice) you have to leave the stations and walk all the way round the road and up the wee access road by the youth hostel to get to the northbound platform.

Thankfully we'll have an hour from when the bus arrives to when the train leaves!

I think I'll probably lug him up and down the stair case in the pushchair rather than have to walk round, or even get in the lift! Not keen on lifts, and best avoided if possible!