On improving the rail network

So, I saw this on the Twitters the other day.

Inconvenience of my train not stopping at Stafford as planned & having to get off at Stoke instead slightly mitigated by seeing Nick Hancock
— Andrea Mann (@AndreaMann) March 29, 2014

Impressed by Nick Hancock's new job, I naturally replied:

@AndreaMann They should totally make celebrity greeters at railway stations a thing. Get off at Swindon, there's Billie Piper.
— Alistair Coleman (@scaryduck) March 29, 2014

Of course, there's swings and roundabouts. Sure, you could get Billie Piper at Swindon, but disembark at Rotherham, and you've got the Chuckle Brothers punching your ticket*.

And if I were to head down to the West Country to see my old dad, the thought of being met off the train by Cornwall's finest** comedian Jethro would be enough to get me on the first train home.

And I'd never go to London in case it's Danny Dyer.

Worst idea ever. Sorry I even brought it up.

*Not sexy slang
** Shittest