Jim Haysom | This Is Your Life an internet professional in digital advertising

Train suicides, fatalities, trespass incident and breakdowns

Is the credit crunch causing a rise in fatalities and suicides on the railway lines? It seems to me that this week has been a bloody depressing week, if the train jumpers are jumping midweek, just before the end of the month and pay day.

It's been three evenings on the trot that the trains have been severely disrupted on my commute home. Tuesday was a broken down train at Balham, Wednesday was trespassers on the line which was updated to an incident in the Brockley area and tonight was a fatality in the Balcombe area.

I'm surprised I haven't seen any advertising for people to get advice whilst at the train station. You have gotta to have given it some thought, rather than it being a spur of the moment thing.

It must be a horid experience for the driver and passengers caught up in it. I've known people who have witnessed incidents and people being involved with the London Underground. And whilst the speed on which the tubes are travelling into platforms is pretty quick, it nothing compared to a train passing through a station that is not on the stopping route.

If we see warning signs on the motorway for 'don't drink and drive', 'don't text and drive' and 'don't drug and drive', why isn't there the 'don't jump and die' notices at train stations? Maybe people are that angry or upset, they have no consideration for the thousands of commuters it effects.

On leaving my station there was four coaches for the onward journeys as the train terminated at my station because of tonights fatality. But I also noticed a poster near the exit, and it said 'Consider your fellow passengers'.

So it's pretty clear that you shouldn't speak loudly on your mobile phone, play loud music on your MP3 player, or put your feet on the seats. Can we please add another request... Don't jump in front of trains or play on the tracks, please seek help!

Just wish I added that in the passenger survey form I was given this morning at the station and completed. But you never know who will read this post or even comment. I'm sure other commuters feel the same frustrations.