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Typical trip home would be Walk to central line - 10 minutes Central line - standing for 15 minutes Change at oxford circus Stand on platform/Victoria line for
by isostatic 9y ago
Typical trip home would be
Walk to central line - 10 minutes
Central line - standing for 15 minutes
Change at oxford circus
Stand on platform/Victoria line for 10 minutes, manage to squeze on
Stand in euston scrum for 10 minutes
Go to platform
Stand for 30 minutes to first stop
Walk 10 minute home
Occasionally I'd get a seat on the central line, or on the euston train. I wouldn't be happy with it, but nor would I be happy with a 2 hour drive instead.
Go back to 2004 when I lived in Tywford, it was standing on the central line to Ealing Broadway, Standing on the platform, then if I was lucky I would get on the 1802 train - most of the time I couldn't actually get on, and ended up standing on the platform for another 30 minutes to get the next train, which was standing room only for for the first 30 minutes.
The author of that article was 57 year old (at the time), did she ask to sit down? I'm surprised the train was so busy at 2207 (I assume that's what time she meant - hardly anyone in the UK writes "1007" unless they are referring to the morning).
Full of bias and inaccuracies (an armed policeman? noone belongs to the same company despite they actually do). I suspect this article is actually a Corbyn-esque lie, but lets assume there had been major problems earlier in the day and the train was full because the previous 2 trains had been cancelled.
Her story basically boils down to
1) Passenger unwilling to stand for 50 minutes on a train that was unusually overcrowded didn't ask for a seat, or sit on the floor
2) Passenger decides to break the law by not offering her ticket when asked (why else would she be engaging with the ticket collector for a few minutes)
3) Passenger complains when the police turn up and tell her that
4) Ticket collector and police officer paragons of virtue and deal patiently with an arrogant person without taking details and charging her for a clear bylaw breach.