Death On The Line
This story on the BBC about a badly-handled death on the railway between Slough and Reading is tragic. These are the first few lines of the story.
A rail company has apologised after a staff member told passengers the train was delayed because someone “couldn’t be bothered to live any more”.
Passengers aboard a train to Plymouth were delayed after a fatality on the line.
But the staff on First Great Western could have handled it better.
On the other hand I sympathise very much with staff and passengers on this stretch of line out of Paddington, as this death was not a once in a decade happening.
Just after a previous incident, I was travelling back on an almost empty train to London from Oxford and I said something like “You must get a bit fed up with all these incidents.” to the conductor. He replied something like “More than just a bit!”
It is getting to the point, where something drastic needs to be done to stop people getting on the line. I think we really won’t see any improvement until all of the stations between Paddington and Reading become part of Crossrail and there is barrier access and more staff about on the platforms, if they follow a typical Transport for London policy.
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