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One Ticket Or One-and-a-Half Tickets, Sir?

April 19, 2007 at 9:15 AM | 0 Comments

One British rail company is interested to know how much you weigh. As a response to overcrowding on their commuter trains, the Southeastern train company have installed devices that weigh the train and calculate how many passengers are on it, so that they can decide if they need to add additional services. The critically overcrowded services (our tip: avoid these whenever possible) are the 6:32 a.m. Folkestone Central to Cannon Street in London and the 8:03 a.m. from Orpington to Charing Cross in London.

For Southeastern's purpose, one passenger weighs 161 pounds. So we reckon that if you weigh less than that, you should hit them up for a discounted ticket. But if you weigh more ... well, just try to look thin. And don't ride the 8:03 a.m. to Charing Cross.

[Photo: EVERYDAYLIFEMODERN]

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