Re: Graffitti on trains.

Brimstone wrote:
> Abo wrote:
>> NM wrote:
>>
>>> Just yesterday I was having the same discussion with a train lover on
>>> UK.Railway, he will not accept that trains are filthy, talk about
>>> rose tinted specs.
>> I was up until recently doing some work up in Newcastle, which
>> involved a train journey of about an hour; a bit less than taking the
>> car but cheaper when you factored in the parking charges. So I took
>> the train.
>> The trains on that service are a disgrace. The OP is right about the
>> ingrained dirt but the state of disrepair of the carriages was very
>> noteable.
>>
>> On a lot of them the fold down seats did not operate; not a problem
>> for most but at 6'2" I prefer to sit on the seats facing into the
>> carriage rather than along, as I struggle to get my legs in
>> comfortably due to the number of the seats.
>>
>> But there were bigger problems a lot of the time. For example, the
>> door on one train were so fucked they made a loud banging noise as
>> the train rattled along, and you could see them opening and closing
>> as they did so. Another time the driver had to stop the train, get
>> out and check something at the front of the train. Maybe we hit
>> something which caused damage, maybe something fell off. I also
>> experienced problems with the exhaust silencer (diesel train), which
>> resulted in noise levels inside the carriage which were so high that
>> ear defenders would be required if it were happening in e.g. a
>> factory.
>
> Such are the features of handing the railway over to people whose motivation
> is profit. Please note, I'm not equating features with benefits. As Abo's
> tale indicates, they're very different.
>
>
Even when the motive wasn't "profit" it was still a crap railway system.

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