Why is it so hard to get public transportation to work properly? And if it really is so hard, and the things break down all the time, how come they can’t give any valuable information?

The other day I was taking the subway from the outer end of the red line in Stockholm in to the central station. That’s roughly a trip that takes 15 minutes. But naturally there has been a breakdown of the traffic, and no trains are coming.

Then they fix the problem. “Traffic to resume right now” is the message. Ten minutes later they gladly inform us that the traffic now has resumed. However, the traffic has only resumed from the central station. This means that the next train will be arriving where I am in 15 minutes. But it takes another five minutes for them to tell us that.

Inform us right away. It can’t be that hard to say “the next train will be leaving your station in 30 minutes”.  What’s the point of all this? No point. I just had to complain a little. And the title? Nothing. I just love the Beatles.