As a frequent commuter on northern rail I am now fully aware of the incident that occured this morning. Around 7.15am on Wednesday the 19th November a man was killed by a train at the Mintholme level crossing in Gregson Lane, Hoghton. As a result of this services were cancelled throughout this area and other trains were delayed. On the 7:40am train to Manchester Airport from Blackpool North, arriving in Preston at 8.05am people were clearly getting agitated. The train had been delayed at the junction before the station for 40 minutes. Passengers were kindly told the reason for the delay being a broken point in front of the train.
The whole train then proceeded to develop into a rucus where impaitient passengers started heckling the driver. Naturally a debate about the state of the British railyway system had started with everyone in consenus that it is the worst in Europe.
However the mood quickly changed to a sombre note when a passenger in front of me received a phone-call recalling the earlier events of the day. Whether the delay of the train was in anyway connected to the death of the man I dont know but in my opinion it seemned everyone including myself felt they were in the wrong. At this point, it then preceded a deafening silence till the train eventually got into Preston station.
If the two incidents were connected was it right for the conductor to lie maybe? whats your thoughts?
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