Thursday 7 May 2009

Engel gets full marks

Bowler tip to Michael Kerr's blog over at the Telegraph for this...

In his wonderful new book about the relationship between the British and their railways - which he sums up as "a kind of exquisite torment" - Matthew Engel has a swipe at automatic ticket barriers, "an innovation neighbouring countries have managed to avoid, and one which slows up further the process of getting on a train".

Is no one brave enough to stand up for these awful machines?