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Old April 29th 09, 01:50 PM posted to uk.transport.london
TimB TimB is offline
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Default London Underground 'best metro in Europe'

On Apr 29, 10:30 am, Joe wrote:
You will have to get fitter :-) I once saw 5 African youths jump over
the barriers. The Parisians just looked at each other and shrugged their
shoulders .


Heh. I was surprised how tall they were - much bigger than anywhere I've
seen befo

http://knol.google.com/k/-/-/2sp607v...tilesinfoticke...


Yes, about a decade ago it used to be utterly routine for people to
jump over the barriers in Paris - a great deal has been done to make
it harder.
Tim