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Challenges of travelling by train

JD-on-sea

Evening all. I just need to share this with you.

I commute to and from work and am currently on a fairly crowded train. My line have just introduced new carriages where the seats are closer together so if you don’t know the person next to you it’s fairly intense. I struggle with this most days and often want to scream, but instead develop a banging headache. And why is that as people get off the train and there are more seats, the person next to you doesn’t move? I find this so unbearable some evenings that I say excuse me and am ready to head to a clear set of seats I can see and then the person I was sat next to moves there anyway - long sigh.

Anyway, thanks for letting me share this with you. Does anyone have similar experiences with public transport?

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  • I love the luxury of havng a car and having the space to myself, I have plenty of leg room and don't have my knees jammed into the seat in front of me. The other luxury is not having to listen to other people, why when they have a quiet carriage where people aren't supposed to use mobiles, do you always get someobdy who insists on having a loud conversation? I hate all the biddly biddly sounds from peoples headphones and thier stinking food, in what universe is it a good thing to eat a banana and leave the stinking skin?

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    Completely agree about the noise. The introduction of mobile phones without a headphone jack (ie that require Bluetooth)has caused absolute mayhem in public areas. And on my trains it’s not just young people, the other day an old man was happily watching the football in his phone at high volume - why do the rest of us have to put up with this? Drives me nuts

  • in reply to JD-on-sea

    I wish they would bring back the old idea of private compartments on trains - with so many young girls travelling on thier own and being hassled by men, it makes them feel very unsafe - I’d also like to see armed police travelling on trains as well, especially late at night - we saw armed police on trains enforcing Covid rules so we should see the same here, as things like luggage theft is a huge issue 

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  • in reply to JD-on-sea

    I wish they would bring back the old idea of private compartments on trains - with so many young girls travelling on thier own and being hassled by men, it makes them feel very unsafe - I’d also like to see armed police travelling on trains as well, especially late at night - we saw armed police on trains enforcing Covid rules so we should see the same here, as things like luggage theft is a huge issue 

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