Rail adhesion
February 27th, 2007Yep you guessed it another random one about commuting. I was on the train this morning listening to my iPod and reading my book about Nat Young, the Aussie surf legend, before drifting off into a little sleep for half an hour.
I woke at Liverpool Street, to find the train had taken an extra 20 minutes to get to its destination. Today’s stats, 80 minutes to travel 35 miles, efficient huh! Anyway, the driver did the usual apology for inconvenience (even though they really couldn’t give a shit) and explained that the reason why the train was late today was in fact due to “rail adhesion”. Basically a new way of saying, well it rained today, so the tracks were a bit wet, so yeah, our train system can’t handle it when it rains.
It was drizzle man, it wasn’t like a monsoon or anything. I just sat there, packing up my stuff thinking, this place is a joke. Maybe One Rail should go and join Tony Blair and his doctors of spin, and they can all come up with new catchphrases to cover up the fact that this country is going down the toilet.
You gotta laugh though. And I am indeed smiling on the inside, knowing the fact that in a little over 4.5 weeks I will be getting on a plane to go and surf my butt off for 6 weeks. Can’t wait…
Ahh…
Posted on: March 1st, 2007 at 5:38 amThe London commute. A distant memory for me. Get charged outrageous prices to use one of the world’s most inefficient public transportation systems.
Gives me shivers just thinking about it
Posted on: March 1st, 2007 at 7:39 am