Refurb work at Loughton station involves resurfacing the platforms. A tip to Metronet: make sure the new surface has actually set before you let passengers stand on it. One particular passenger was aggrieved to find her bag covered in black sticky stuff ...
This follows an incident during the hot weather a few months back at the same station. The platform surface actually started bubbling, and two platforms had to be taken out of use. It's just lucky for Metronet that the sun hasn't come out since then ...
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