Well, that's a new one. I'm on a train to Carlisle which has been stuck at Preston for a while (after a load of people got on here), and was already overcrowded because the train before it was cancelled. They’ve just announced that the train is overcrowded and they will not let the train move until some people leave the train. So now everyone is looking at everyone else, wondering who is going to move.
WHY are we underfunding railways to the point where this is even an option?
@helenczerski@samsterby I was on a train in 2016 (London–Penzance at Easter) where the police had to be called to do crowd control. It was incredibly overcrowded to the point that we were delayed at every station because of the amount of time it took people to get on and off. I dread to think what would have happened in an emergency. I can only presume things have gotten worse since then.
@helenczerski Prediction: This problem will only be sorted out when the Guard intervenes. The train companies say Guards aren't needed, 'because efficiency'. I saw someone have an epileptic seizure. They might have died without the Guard moving people so the ambulance crew could get on board.
@helenczerski Interested to know the technical reason behind this.
In India there is no such thing like an uncrowded train. But never have I even seen railway drivers complaining about it. So yeah, curious on this one.
@helenczerski I just got back from riding trains across Spain... it was incredible how efficient, easy and reliable they were. So much better than air travel. Why can't we have nice public transit things in the US? (Rhetorical) #publictransit#highspeedrail#publicinfrastructure
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