Another suicide at Wakey (railway)

Just been given the gory details by the conductor, explaining why my train is late yet again.
Second one in 6 days there, and there was another in Blackburn yesterday apparently. Conductor says it's the 8th he's had on his shift THIS year. Unbelievable.
I feel for the families left behind, because there is practically no body to recover, depending on speed upon impact. Unless they are sliced in half as is sometimes the case.
Amazing what goes on around you as you go about your mundane daily routine.

 

I've been unfortunate enough to stumble upon pictures of people after they've been run over by a train - I wish I'd never seem them. Imagine how bad it would be for the families having to identify a body in such a state.

 

The drivers get my sympathy, too. Can't be good, at all.
On a brighter note, the conductor gave me a web address to apply to be a conductor, no exp needed - £14 an hour.
Be having a look at that later.
Strange that we rarely hear about these suicides though. Must be so common they're not deemed newsworthy.

 

Wife's been told a woman was late for her train and stumbled running across the tracks to get to the other side of the track.

 

That's not bad, can earn over £2,000 a month if you do 5 days a week. That's before tax deductions, of course!

 

As one of the oldest contributors to this board I shall offer my two-penneth, for what it's worth. Lack of discipline in the home and in the schools; lack of general respect and general morality; lack of a Christian upbringing; and as Nudger would say.................................................

 

My dad committed suicide last year, its not nice (not by train tho)

 

Sorry to hear that, we can never understand what is going through their mind at such a time, must be awful.

 

Depression mate, some people can't cope with life, some people dont and cant ask for help
I take antidepressants and will always ask for help no shame in it

 

My old man suffers from depression too, it's a very difficult subject to discuss in my opinion.

 

was with you until the christian bit

 

Was on my track safety training last week and I have to say I feel sorry for the drivers. 1mile to stop an intercity and nothing they can do about it...

 

I've suffered from anxiety and depression in the past and can understand how low people can get and really sympathise with anybody that suffers from these things.

Football really helped me get back on my feet and ready to take what life throws at us. It's still a very misunderstood illness though and work friends and family struggled to understand what was happening to me but things are getting better all the time.

I would urge anybody however old or young or embarrassed you might feel about it to speak to somebody and get help with these things before they get as bad as the posts in this thread.

 

I'm 57 and I must say I can't remember such events happening when I was a kid/teenager.
I'm sure it must have happened but not as often as it seems to happen these days. I don't know if you've noticed but the victims mostly seem to be teenagers or young adults. Why would that be? They have all their life to look forward to and yet they choose to end it all.
Is it the must have age in which we live in? Mobile phones, ipad this and ipad that, all must have pointless gadgets.
Or is it the no job and no money giving a no point in living thoughts going through their heads.
Whatever it is my thoughts go out to the families. Just wish kids today could take a step back and live a more simple life that lived 40/50 years ago.

All so very very sad.

 

Really hope this is a WUM that I am missing the point of.

 

Well, I spend so much time on trains I may as well be paid to do so.

 

Just hate when sentimental so n' so's try and blame everything on "the breakdown of modern society". I am afraid things have always been bad, you just look back fondly on those times because you were young.

 

These are the reasons people take their lives, do you mean?