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Re: Graffitti on trains.

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.

--
Abo

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