Angry Commuter Blocks Train

I may complain alot about South Central Trains, but I don't take the extreme measures one commuter took against them.

Simon Taylor from Polegate parked his car over the level crossing at Berwick when he was told that the 6:30 service to Victoria wouldn't stop at his station last September.

With the car blocking the line, no trains were able to get through for 6 minutes and South Central were fined 1,272UKP for the delay, a cost they are now hoping to get back from Mr Taylor.

Taylor is also now facing a prison sentence for his actions.

I regularly travel on the same line and that train is probably one of the new Electostars. London Victoria trains are formed of up to 12 coaches and Berwick station has a short platform. Around the time of the incident there were problems with only opening the doors of carriages at the platform so they were running services fast. My usual train was an old slam door that was making additional stops to compensate for this.

The BBC has the story online as, Commuter used car to halt train.