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Originally Posted by locojoe
“There is no justification for this kind of behaviour and the railway should not be used as a playground. We will not tolerate anybody who tries to jeopardise the safety of our passengers and staff and are working closely with the British Transport Police to investigate this further.”
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This might sound like nitpicking, but I'm sick and tired of the BT police making out that this kind of potentially murderous behaviour is tantamount to using the railway as a playground. To me it trivialises the incident, both in the minds of the general public, and also in what passes for minds of the idiot perpetrators.
When I was a trainspotter, I did treat the railway as a playground. I sat by the side of the track, or on a station platform, and enjoyed the sight of the railway at work. Not once did my 'play' endanger myself, the general public or any member of staff.