Train Travel in the UK: A Foreigner’s Perspective

Re:Train Travel in the UK: A Foreigner’s Perspective by Stevvo on Sunday September 25, 2022 @07:44PM (#32977672)

The tube is pretty bad. Many lines have grime floating in the air that deposits on skin & clothing and turns your snot black. Often a very long walk pavement to platform. Frequent delays from suicide attempts because its old so no track doors and the designs of stations are depressing. Overworked and underpaid staff.

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Re:Train Travel in the UK: A Foreigner’s Perspective by dkdbejwi383 on Monday September 26, 2022 @08:17AM (#32982174)

> the designs of stations are depressing

Surely this is subjective? The station designs by Leslie Green and Charles Holden in particular are highly regarded.

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Re:Train Travel in the UK: A Foreigner’s Perspective by jasondozell on Monday September 26, 2022 @05:26PM (#32988687)

Gonna dispute pretty much all of that but in particular there are not frequent delays due to suicides.

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Re:Train Travel in the UK: A Foreigner’s Perspective by Stevvo on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @03:55PM (#33000312)

So, did some research. TFL have not released hard figures in recent years, but it appears the delays due to jumpers are significantly down from their past near-daily occurance because of the installation of "suicide pits" to catch jumpers under many platforms and training staff to intervene when they spot a distressed person on the platform.

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