30 AUGUST 1969, Page 11

Standing order

CHRISTOPHER HOLLIS

Seated people tend to drop litter; and we want to keep the station clean and tidy— Spokesman for the London Midland Region, defending the refusal to provide seats for passengers at Euston.

To keep a station clean, it is Best to give few amenities.

To be meticulous About passengers' comfort is ridiculous.

Since experience shows the sitter Is very likely to scatter litter, The simple plan that we have hit upon Is to give him nothing to sit upon.