Wednesday 10 March 2010

Jumper on the line?

Once again my train was delayed tonight by "a person being hit by a train". What is the matter with these people? Any sympathy I might have had is swept away by their complete disregard for the thousands of people whose evenings they seem intent on spoiling. Why do they always chose to "jump" during rush hour?

You have got to hand it to BR though. Despite their lack of communication about which train is departing next, the subsequent chaos, the crowded concourse and the sardine packed carriages, I have to admit that they have got this particular situation covered. Nowadays they can clear the line of any debris very quickly incurring only a 29 minutes delay (they would have to fork out compensation vouchers if it was over 30 minutes). Tonight they slipped up and my delay was about 40 minutes. A valid claim is already in the post.

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