Hilarious spoof story about Rotherham railway station makes pages of cult comic Viz

The latest edition of the magazine ‘reports’ on a disastrous ‘renovation nightmare’ at Rotherham Central station that’s caused 'confusion and delay.”

Fortunately for passengers, the news from the irreverent magazine about the ‘£1.5 million investment’ extending the number of platforms from two to fifteen to cope with tourists is not all it seems.

The report said that Rotherham Council had predicted a rise in tourists following the death of town comedian Barry Chuckle – with five million people set to descend on the town.

The story then goes on to report on the work to redevelop the station to cope with the demand being botched with platforms numbered incorrectly and with two of them not even in the station – with platform 11 ‘two miles away in a sheltered housing complex in Brinsworth.’

“I got the train from King’s Cross expecting to get to Rotherham town centre and ended up half an hour’s walk away in the garden of some old folks’ home, one ‘angry local businessman’ is quoted as saying.

Another. ‘disgruntled commuter Angelica Pinpad’ is quoted: “I missed my train because I couldn’t find my platform. I followed signs for the information kiosk and found it three miles away behind the Holiday Inn in Canklow.”

And to add to the confusion, all clocks at the station ‘are set to Moscow time.’

The latest edition of the magazine, with the full spoof report, is out now.