English - Pupil Work
It is midnight on Wednesday 31st May, the station is quiet - only a few people walk slowly and fewer trains come in and out, like the tide, all of this calmness lasts for five hours until the clock ticks to 5am. It starts with her shoes tapping, ‘tap, tap’ to the beat of her stride. She arrives at the same time every morning like the leader of the herd, and then trains, full of fuel and screaming to go, arrive. She is no longer alone, more shoes thud, tap and run though the station. As trains say goodbye the station is still filling; more and more and more people arrive until it is just a field of heads. Trains fly by with a ‘whoosh’ as people try to get on to those that stop but some are left behind and must wait until another one comes. They push and shove to get on. Some sit and wait for the train while eating sandwiches, salads and especially Walkers crisps, and they leave their trace in the form of a rainbow, littering all over the platforms. Ten to a 100 of them frisked away in a few hours as the trains fly, racing one another at top speeds until five people have turned to 50 and 50 to 500, pushing on and off as if it’s the Hunger Games. If you don't get off, you are trapped in a sea of people.
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