I was out with my son yesterday and he was telling me a story about how he once got an Overground from Shepherds Bush to Stratford but, because the train was running late, they cut out a lot of stations and went direct to Stratford.
Anyway, I was on the Overground from Shepherds Bush to Stratford today and, at Willesden Junction, a fairly quiet and nondescript announcement was made that the train was running late and so they were going to go direct to Stratford with no intermediate stops.
As became obvious, a lot of people missed this announcement, and were getting quite annoyed that they had to go all the way to Stratford before they could head back.
Why do they do this rather than, say, stop at every fourth stop ? At least then the inconvenience of overshooting is going to be much, much less ? Given that we've only actually been on this route once each, and it has happened both times, it seems like it must be fairly regular.
Anyway, I was on the Overground from Shepherds Bush to Stratford today and, at Willesden Junction, a fairly quiet and nondescript announcement was made that the train was running late and so they were going to go direct to Stratford with no intermediate stops.
As became obvious, a lot of people missed this announcement, and were getting quite annoyed that they had to go all the way to Stratford before they could head back.
Why do they do this rather than, say, stop at every fourth stop ? At least then the inconvenience of overshooting is going to be much, much less ? Given that we've only actually been on this route once each, and it has happened both times, it seems like it must be fairly regular.