Up the drain

Ended up on the Waterloo & City line the other day: that most maligned of lines, shuttling sardined suits from their suburban commutes to the city via a 5 minute long sewer.

In the olden days you arrived at your destination with back and legs aching and bones shattered thanks to the clickety clack of the rickety track... assuming you hadn't fallen on the Metro-covered floor from the sharp bends.

No more. The recent upgrade means the ride is now as smooth as a, well, ride on the Jubilee Line extension. If memory serves I probably wouldn't have had the same glow had I joined the sardines at rush hour.