Re: BBC NEWS | England | London | Stranded passengers leave trains

Roland Perry wrote:

I know you seem to think that "sod the passenger, if it costs the
railway a penny to improve the situation", but that's a rather
short-sighted attitude.

Not at all, Roland. I'm very much a captive passenger myself - and I've been
stuck on trains for three hours plus following suicides. I just think that
the railway has far more important things to spend money on than the very
rare situation that we are debating.


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