Your Depressing Train Fact for the Day
Overheard:
We apologise.
For the delay of the.
Oh-Eight.
Oh-Nine.
Service to.
London Waterloo.
Due to.
A fatality on the line at.
West Byfleet.
Automatic rail announcements have “fatality on the line” pre-programmed into their system.
November 8th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
They happen a lot on the line from Bristol - Paddington too.
November 8th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
Probably keeps people from complaining, because they’re sad and/or disturbed by it.
November 8th, 2007 at 10:30 pm
Without being too glib about a very sad event it was obviously the ‘wrong sort of fatality’.
November 9th, 2007 at 12:07 am
They have almost every sort of word programmed in. Beggars, fatalities, ambulance, police, etc. I just feel sad for the person who jumped really - I was two hours late for work, but in the great scheme of things my thoughts are with her family and friends.
November 12th, 2007 at 2:30 pm
Did she jump, or was she pushed?
London Underground tell deliberate lies over the loudspeaker about what’s going on with their services. Management insist on station staff claiming there’s a good service when there hasn’t been a train for 25 minutes. It’s to protect their bonuses, apparently.