Only On the Circle Line

Leaving for the London Center a little early this morning, and the Circle line with minor delays, I considered myself lucky when a train was waiting on the platform and there was just enough room to smush in before the doors closed. The first bit of the ride was so jerky, but we made it to Notting Hill Gate and High Street Kensington without much consequence.

And then we sat at High Street for 15 minutes, the doors remaining open, no explanation as to our delay. We sat and stood squished together tighter than sardines, so hot. Finally, a voice over the station PA announces that they are sorry for the delay, but they're trying to figure out exactly where the train on Platform 1 is headed. Um, it's a Circle, it goes in a circle. I don't understand the confusion. The driver gets on the train PA and announces that he was unaware of his route and it would take a little while to get everything sorted out. But it's A CIRCLE!! Ugh. Finally, we heard two announcements that the train on Platform 1 was, indeed, a Circle train and that it would be heading towards [this is where the driver reads off the entire list of stations the Circle normally stops at...allllllll the way around the route]. Thanks, guys. The one line that just goes around and around and around, and you still can't get it right. And, obviously, severe delays all around for the Circle. Brilliant.