7 JULY 1939, Page 10

At Oxford station on Saturday morning at least a hundred

passengers got off the train. They surged along the platform towards a huge notice " Way Out," to find a locked gate. They surged back to a point many yards away, where a single collector struggled with their tickets. Those who complained were airily told that the marked way out had not for long been used. On the way back from Oxford on Sunday night, there were many passengers standing in the corridors. Those who wished to get to the restaurant car had to fight their way along carriage after carriage, only to find that the last door between them and their dinner was locked. If this is how the G.W.R. runs itself in peace- time, how is it going to perform in an emergency?

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