People were standing five deep on the platform when I arrived this morning. Something to do with yet more overhead power lines down at Elstree tunnel. Apparently Silverlink and WAGN will accept our tickets - but we've got to get to Watford or Hatfield under our own steam so not an especially useful offer.
First train to arrive has only 4 carriages - not a chance of getting on. I manage to get on the second - an all stations service which leaves people on the platform at St Albans. Inevitable shouts at Radlett and Borehamwood for people to move down and make a bit more room. Some fellow travellers ignore these pleas; not sure that I could have done so without my conscience being pricked a little.
By the time we get to Mill Hill and Hendon it really is hard to see how anyone else will get on, and the cry from the platform is now 'we've got to get to work too'; haven't they come across the Northern line yet - would seem like an obvious alternative?
Obviously when we get to kings cross we're shut out of the tube station - the gates shut twice before I finally get in. Only there's been a problem with the Victoria line so those trains are also running with delays and heavily overcrowded.
Finally get to work only 30 minutes later than I'd planned, and feeling like it's friday not monday.
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