The upshot was that as we missed our connection to Rome at Milan Centrale they put us on the later train...as there was no space in steerage we were bumped up to Business Class, got free meal and drinkies, a full refund for the Venice to Milan sector and was met by a hire taxi to our hotel...beat that British Rail ..... oh and the Ryder Cup on Sunday was a bonus ⛳
Thank you whoever's bomb it was