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Commuter Pays £6,000 A Year To Sit Next To Mop & Bucket On Packed Train

A City of London worker spends more than £6,000 a year on season tickets to sit in the broom cupboard of a packed train. He sits next to a mop and bucket because there are usually no seats available during his daily commute between London and Ipswich. The Daily Mail reports: The City of London worker often struggles to find a seat on his return journey from London Liverpool Street to Ipswich, Suffolk, a journey he has made for the past 17 years. So the financial high-flyer, who does not want to be named, has reverted to perching in the tiny cupboard with his book, just inches away from the train’s cleaning equipment. He has become such a regular fixture in the staff compartment that employees working on the 6.30pm train often stop to speak with him. The commuter said: ‘I can usually get an official seat on the way in to London during the morning rush hour. But in the evening the train I catch is usually so full there’s no space. ‘I found this little spot some time ago and I use it quite often. No one seems to mind but it isn’t great.’ The worker said there [...]