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I was in the station for a different reason when I heard the announcement. The people entering and hearing the announcement were unsurprisingly very crestfallen

I was in the station for a different reason when I heard the announcement. The people entering and hearing the announcement were unsurprisingly very crestfallen, but it appears that twitter helped organize a lot of travel, with people posting where they were/going and picking up other travellers. Also probably worth noting is that trains here are used fairly frequently, however unfortunately this isn't the first time trains are stopping - for example snow is a common reason for delayed/reduced service. (Snow isn't very common here in the NLs)

mushyhammer 5y ago
> with people posting where they were/going and picking up other travellers. That’s ludicrous, I wish people helping other people this way was more common.
- wolverine876 5y ago
  Imagine if we did that all the time! An online ride board.
  - mark-r 5y ago
    ... which would stop working if the computer went down.
    - shapefrog 5y ago
      You could even install rails that go along regular routes, and put on scheduled carridges that people could all jump into at designated places along the route. The computer could generate a schedule and post it publicly so people knew when they could hop on.
      - wolverine876 5y ago
        You really don't see a difference between a public rideshare and public mass transit?
    - BozeWolf 5y ago
      Finally a use case for the blockchain ;-)
  - mushyhammer 5y ago
    Technically it exists, I wonder if that’s what they used. It’s called BlaBlaCar