Bloody people on bloody trains. Rant alert.

[Motherof3feminists]

Argh I hate trains at times. They are often full of pissed and loud people, people who take up all the room available with suitcases so I can't get my buggy out of everyone's way and have to stand up all the way because people are just inconsiderate. There's plenty of overhead space available but I can't put my sleeping child up there. The toilets are disgusting, the prices are extortionate and they often smell bad. A very handsome man did offer his seat up so my daughters could sit together though which has been the nicest action we've had on the 6 trains we've been on.
And why do people crowd round the doors when on the platform so no one can get off? They they all watch you struggle with a buggy and luggage.
I don't drive so can't travel by car. Generally I like the train but some journeys and times of day are awful.
I'd like a sedate Agatha Christie type train journey. Without the murder obviously. A civilised glass of wine or sherry but not cases of Stella Artois.
And don't get me started on the bad language that's yelled across carriages and the eyebrows on the young women. I've seen lots of blue hair today too. Blue hair gives me the rage.
Maybe I have PMT?

Rant over. Thanks for listening

Are you taking a buggy on peak hour trains? Round here that's a hanging offence

I'm with you op! I had a bloke the other day sitting in a seat and holding his fold up bike next to him. Which meant that it was very difficult to walk past and stand further down the carriage. Totally selfish!

And the other day I had a 4 hour journey on LNER. Family opposite us and on the table across the aisle. They did not sit down fir literally one minute of the four hour journey. At every moment one of them was getting up to get something out of the luggage, passing the children over, going to the toilet, going to the cafe, shopping seats, taking coats off, putting jumpers on! I was exhausted just watching them.

Silent carriages actually being enforced would make my commute much more pleasant. And adult only areas too, hate half term!

I regularly travel to London for work. Loud laptop typing, self-important phone conversations and loud apple/crisp crunching are my personal favourites.

Personally, I could quite enjoy the murder. Given the right victim. . .

I commute to work by train and tram every day. Don't get me started! Needless to say, earphones are an absolute must.

People who put their bags in the seat next to them and then look at you as if you’re being unreasonable when you ask them if you can sit there

Headphones with loud music so all you can hear is boom tish all journey

Sweary kids

Women who put 15 different shades of beige on their faces during a 35 minute train journey, spread brushes and manky makeup all over the table, and get off looking completely different to when they got on

I’m the ceo of a large multi franchise, 100 index bollocks company telephone conversations - who gives a fuck

Ok you’ve got me started now

And all the fucking manspreading. Taking up 1.5 seats. Close ya legs fellas and whilst you're there know that deodorant is your friend! I could rant all day. It's very telling you me that every carriage on my commute to work has seats filled with 95% men and 5%women sat down. We have to literally fight each other to get on and get a standing space. I hate inconsiderate cyclists taking up the space of 4 people near the door. But my biggest gripe is people who eat smelly food on packed trains. Yesterday I was stood near someone eating a kfc. The smell of it, the sound of the chomping, the overcrowdedness and the motion of the train nearly had me puking.

I had the misfortune to have to get a train to Glasgow for the first time in 15 years the other day (work appointment - no chance I was attempting to park in the city centre) and I wanted to scream by the time I got off!

Pretentious wanks having loud conversations about wanky food places in their oh so loud universal uni accents (that affected drawl I fucking hate), aggressive pissed up dickheads, but the worst was the group of young women telling their pal that her boyfriend's abusive behaviour was normal and that men need to be treated gently because their ego can't cope with a "girl" who has her own mind.

I had to get up and move or I'd have exploded and told her it's not what men do, it's certainly not normal and she doesn't have to put up with it! Which I didn't think was ideal while wearing my lanyard.

Fucking aaaaaargh. I'm so grateful that 99% of the time I work in the middle of fucking nowhere, with no public transport to deal with!

In general I do like travelling by train but I've had some horrors recently. One was with very few in the carriage other than a large group of very drunk aggressive louts chanting racist stuff and stuff about rape. In hindsight I should have called the BTP. but I laid low feeling very intimidated.

Last week someone got very loudly and repeatedly vomity in the loo on an overcrowded commuter train. I struggle with emetephobia. I also had an hour of standing on a different train and I've had several that have been cancelled or severely delayed in the past month.

I'm not looking forward to this weekends travels. I'll pack my noise cancelling headphones and hand gel for a start.

Silent carriages actually being enforced would make my commute much more pleasant. And adult only areas too, hate half term

I hear you prosecco

I'm glad I'm not the only one. I have severe misophonia so get really freaked out with eating noises.
I asked for the ramp for the buggy and got told there wasn't time as they were running late. He helped me up the two steps but considering my bad back it wasn't ideal.

I'm still stunned at the amount of young women who look like caterpillar infested oranges. You've been tangoed! Who the hell started that fake eyebrow and fake tan look?

Alcohol free carriages would be good too. I hate seeing people swigging cans of lager at 8.30am.

YANBU. I hate public transport for all of the reasons everyone else has stated plus:

Cans of red bull and monster at any time, but especially at 7.45 am. The smell (not envy)

Hearing half of a completely inane conversation “so I bought her a pair of bootees for the baby, a wee dress, a hat with ears” (repeat ad Infinitum for half an hour)
Humming/whistling/singing
Coughing and throat clearing

lisbon parking in the city centre is usually fine if you go to one of the multi storeys.

Oh god and the party experience some turn it into. Yes the train from Edi to Glasgow on a Friday evening I’m looking at you. Wandering around getting ready, hair in rollers with some bangin choons and bottles of Prosecco

I hear you.

On train now. Commute back from London. Man next to me, mouth breather and lots of sighing. Loud phonecalls. And my bete noire, loud typing on laptop. Read a fucking book you noisy fucker.

On way in, get bus after train into London. First one on. Man sits next to me. Looks at me out of corner of eyes. Does a lot of burping. Start to get nervous. Why would he sit next to me in empty bus? He then turns in seat and stares at me. Next his hand goes to touch my leg, I got up. He would not let me pass. Told me to sit down. Why you want to get off? Asked him several times. More people were on bus at time, some got off, some avoided my eye. Woman opposite asked him to let me pass. He said no. Feeling quite vulnerable now, asked woman at top of bus to alert the driver (we were still stationary). She did, reluctantly. Driver came, asked him to let me pass. He said no man, let me be, told me to sit down. He said let me come down from my high man, you are going nowhere. Driver said he would call police. More people got off bus, some sighing. I could not leave. He said call the police. But then let me through. I went and stood at front of bus. He then told me that I had better get off the bus (the one holding me captive). Driver looked at me expectantly, also thinking I was going to get off. I said, I wanted to move away from him because he was making me feel uncomfortable not because I wanted to get off. He said ok, stand by me and we will call police if he starts again. He then told dodgy passenger to behave. Dodgy passenger then said you will be fired to driver, then same to me, then to lady who had asked him to move. It was an uneasy journey. Lots of people annoyed with me because the bus was delayed, but also because I was not sure what dodgy passenger would do, he could have had a knife. I got off the bus near work and legged it. He had not followed!

I work in Westminster in central London. This happened at Victoria which has always been a bit rough but is now a complete shithole with lots of lowlives hanging around. Feel sorry for the many tourists who find themselves there. I normally walk from Victoria to Westminster and that is now an uneasy walk.

Sorry for rant, bad day.

Silent carriages enforced AND seat reservations not automatically placing people in the silent carriage unless they specifically ask for it. There's the whole rest of the train to have your Very Loud Important Phone Conversations in.

ugh, Sarcelle. Glad you got out of that okay.

I get on my train at Glasgow central. The train terminates then goes back out. Oh my days, just how long does it take some fuckers to actually get off the train once it has stopped! There is always one who saunters off ages after everyone ‘MOVE YOU FUCKING IDIOT!’ we’d all like to get on, then the folk who shove you, manspreaders, headphones that spill music out, the Uni sing song voice with very 1st world problems ‘like my first lecture is in
Building A and then like I have to go to building D...it’s ridiculous!’ Yeah love lets see you in 10 years holding down a job, a house, kids and a partner...I hate people....and breathe!

@Sarcelle that is truly awful, you must have felt so scared and I can’t believe the other passengers were annoyed at you!

Can't be doing with it. Forced to be in close contact with fat, sweaty, swearing strangers?

Uggghhjjj

Awful, some of these.

You can text the BTP on 61016 if you don't feel able to call them or email [email protected]. They won't call you back unless you agree it with them but they do text back to say it's been received and they sometimes do ask for more info, like when I reported a man hassling people for money on my train late at night and they wanted more of a description.

Hopefully that helps anyone who feels unable to 'call' anyone, it's a way to alert someone of what's happening and possibly get some backup.

Japanese trains are really nice.

Everyone is quiet and doesn't use their phone in the "no phones" bit.

The attendant walks through and bows back into the carriage.

I'm taking a train to Manchester tomorrow for work and don't expect to enjoy it

They veered from annoyed to scared. The latter scuttled off the bus. Even the driver seemed annoyed that he had been bothered. The only one who had my back was the woman who told him to let me pass.

My DH said that he could understand why they would not assist. They might think he had a knife. I would not expect anybody to tackle him, but I would expect somebody to alert the driver for me. I had to ask somebody to do that, and they hesitated before they did so.

This happened at 7.45 this morning. I say something for bus perverts, they put a shift in.

That’s shit, Sarcelle, I’m sorry that happened.

If you want to report it you can do so by text. tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/safety/report-it-to-stop-it