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Passenger Incident

On my way home last night, I entered Warren Street and was immediately faced with a wave of people leaving the station. I looked at the notice board and it essentially said that the Victoria line was shut due to a passenger incident at Finsbury Park. Figuring I couldn't get to my destination any quicker by other means, I walked down the escalator and got onto a rather empty southbound train where I found a nice eat to wait it out.

Over the tannoy system I could hear apologies due to a passenger being taken ill at Finsbury Park. I have always assumed that this is subtly different than an incident. LU always seem to make the differentiation and choose their words carefully. Perhaps the incident has caused them to be taken ill but I always assumed that an incident led to an illness of a very fatal and permanent nature. But I digress.

As people headed off the train a young foreign couple got on and stood in the doorway oblivious, or perhaps like me, not minding the wait. Outside people from further up the front of the train were leaving in droves and I watched them passing the windows.

Rather unexpectedly, especially for the couple, the doors sounded in preparation for closing. Like a flock of birds, angry birds with sharp umbrellas and briefcases mind, the crowd of commuters turned as one and dived for the doorway. I am not entirely sure if the couple knew what hit them. Judging by the acceleration away from the open doors, and the subsequent abrupt deceleration into the opposite closeddoors using only their confused faces, I can only assume not.

I wonder whether had they stayed down, it would be an incident or whether they had just been taken ill.

28 Oct 2004 8:01 | (0) comments | London

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