On a train from Lewisham to Bexleyheath this afternoon, just
approaching Blackheath & all of a sudden screeching of breaks, train comes
to a juddering halt & all the lights go out. Female train driver announced
that due to obstruction on the tracks there would be a delay, eventually she
walked through the train explaining that as she approached a bridge outside
Blackheath some “youngsters” hung over the bridge & dropped a bicycle onto
the tracks. She had no time to stop & the bike ended up about 5 or 6
carriages back under the train & the electrified rail. We were trapped on
the train for just over an hour & a half, a woman close by me started crying
& I went to ask if she was OK but she told me she was having a panic attack
& she went downhill from there, getting hysterical screaming that she had
to get off etc etc I tried to calm her telling her that everything would be ok but
really had no idea what to say & she got progressively worse saying she
didn’t believe me help wasn’t coming etc. Luckily (for me) somebody else came
over & “took over” but had no more luck than I did. The poor woman was
completely out of control, more than an hour later the police arrived & one
did a great job & managed to calm her down a bit but she was still
extremely distressed until eventually they removed the mangled bike & the
train slowly moved into the station where it sat for the foreseeable while
checks were made to the train & track causing delays for hours on the up
& down line & great distress for the panic stricken woman.
Exactly what fucking pleasure does anyone get out of throwing a bike at a train ?
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At London Bridge now and would have to wait 50 minutes for a Bexleyheath train. Not sure if still causing problems so jumping on a Woolwich train and will get a bus from there. Bastards.
Either way, I never got to the match.
I’m fine as long as the train keeps moving but if it’s stuck in a tunnel I start warbling to strangers if on my own, it’s only happened once so far .
I’ve been to a hypnotist and all sorts to try and sort it out but nothing works .
mrs is good and talks to me but plenty of times I’ve just avoided busy tubes or jumped in a taxi to avoid potential trouble if the tubes are a bit stop start but if I had to go through what she’d go through I don’t think my coping mechanisms would survive .
completely irrational but something I struggle with , I don’t like lifts for fear of it breaking down etc
maybe it’s just being stuck somewhere with people !!
https://youtu.be/FNkpIDBtC2c
if I get on a tube knowing it’s going to be busy I like to get to the end of the carriage and pull the window down on emergency exit door and leave my head near it .
i was fine till late twenties and then it has sort of grown on me, just can’t work it out even knowing it’s completely irrational ..I get a bit funny when on a plane and doors are closed and it’s not moving as well , so bizarre , once it’s off and rolling fine but this newish (prolly last ten years) thing of getting you all on the plane so when there’s a gap or whatever you’re good to go , leaves me a bit wibble on occasion
my kids like to wind me up if we’re in a lift ffs ….ooooh it’s a bit tight in here dad , fuckers
Was there for 2 hours and although there was only a handful of people on my carriage I felt very stressed about being stuck, stressed about being late for meeting up with friends. Its that feeling of not being able to control the situation
Many years ago, going back the 1950s/60s this was a playground area for me and my little mates. I can remember moves to put up netting either below the bridge parapet or a high net or fence to shut off the view of the trains coming into or from Blackheath, I don't think any plan was ever implemented. In my day we used to lean over the bridge edge and pull faces at the train drivers, naughty but a far cry from chucking bikes onto the track. Last word, I doubt there are any cameras covering the area which is quite dark and isolated
Interesting it affects so many (3-4 on this thread alone). I am similar and always thought it was just me. Definitely a claustrophobia thing for me which happens at places where I feel trapped.
I went to the last Fury fight at Wembley and the tube on the way back was busier than I have ever known before. So much so I was. (at 6ft2) wedged up against the door where I could not stand straight. The weirdo driver kept stopping the train mid tunnel and moaning people were leaning on the door (I mean it was impossible not to). At one station she even pulled in and then sat there for fully 5mins refusing to open doors. I was getting quite stressed (and it was extremely hot) but was, thankfully ok. A number of people got off in tears though due to the heat, crush and fear of being stuck. It was horrible.
we went to Wembley as a family for Argentina v Italy , left an hour after final whistle and still queues .
i stayed at the back and got on the last tube
mrs was pissed up and took the kids off in front in the scrums 🥴
fuck that I stayed back with a couple of nephews who didn’t fancy the carnage .
They certainly did go with a bang.
It was a regular thing for kids to play on the tracks.
Quite a few times retrieving footballs.
Mates sister died on them (above arches - Ransom Walk). RIP.
No doubt when/if they get caught there will be a nice get out of jail free card played with umpteen lawyers representing them. Who knows the consequences of their actions.
Twice i have been affected by similar, once when going to Charlton through Blackheath station some idiot threw a mattress on the line, but wasnt held up for toolong, the power had to be cut off whilst damage was imnspected under the train and the item removed.
Also just before Erith station a couple of years ago some bright spark threw a trolley on the line just as it was passing, again luckily about a 15 minute delay and no damage.
The police heralded us into the last two carriages and the local heroes used to lob bricks at those carriages once they got off, the train at the stations between Sunderland and Newcastle. The police used to get off at each station and try to marshall them away but they still did it.