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I can’t help but think that South West Trains might have done something to anger their marketing team.

You may have noticed that some platform signs promote the particular station as ‘the home of Hampton Court Palace’ or some other equally prestigious landmark. However, Clapham Junction’s claim to fame reads: ‘Britain’s Busiest Rail Station’. Now, it may be just me, but I would’ve thought that busyness is not a characteristic that one generally looks for in a station. In fact, if prior to disembarking someone told me that this was the busiest station in Britain, I would much sooner endure another two miles of the foul-smelling specimen sitting beside me, get off at the next station, and hail a cab.

Perhaps a pay rise is in order, before we find ourselves in 'The home of Britan's highest levels of knife crime'.