Thread: Massive Disruption at Paddington - Very Badly Handled Yet Again
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Old April 5th 11, 07:13 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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Default Massive Disruption at Paddington - Very Badly Handled Yet Again
On 05/04/2011 01:38, SB wrote:
Sadly there was yet another person hit by a train at Southall on
Monday evening (yesterday).

http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/co...c=669.msg87663

This is very sad - but why so many at Southall anyway? It does seem to
be a regular occurance.


One theory I've seen is that many of the suicides are Asian women
escaping the torments of arranged marriages. Southall, of course,
having a large population of British Asians.

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