02-27-2006, 02:09 AM
Nareshji,
I can recall regular incidence on British Railway during my 8 month stay in London.
1) Train delay due to "Wrong type of leaves on track". <!--emo&
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2) Train delayed due to "unwanted element on track". (It was train seat on track)
3) Train stopped in one station and we were sitting for over 1 hour in locked train when through announcement they informed us "Due to shift change train is delayed for another 30 mins". Actually, train driver left train without waiting for another driver to take charge of train. Local train was delayed for 2 hours.
4) Repair man was fixing track and after doing his work he left for bar without informing anyone. Richmond track came to halt for 4-5 hours because they were looking for lineman.
5) Train delayed due to rain or snow or... was very common.
6) Missing seats, over crowded and drunk crowd was a norm.
I can recall regular incidence on British Railway during my 8 month stay in London.
1) Train delay due to "Wrong type of leaves on track". <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> 2) Train delayed due to "unwanted element on track". (It was train seat on track)
3) Train stopped in one station and we were sitting for over 1 hour in locked train when through announcement they informed us "Due to shift change train is delayed for another 30 mins". Actually, train driver left train without waiting for another driver to take charge of train. Local train was delayed for 2 hours.
4) Repair man was fixing track and after doing his work he left for bar without informing anyone. Richmond track came to halt for 4-5 hours because they were looking for lineman.
5) Train delayed due to rain or snow or... was very common.
6) Missing seats, over crowded and drunk crowd was a norm.