{"id":53628,"date":"2024-05-26T12:00:23","date_gmt":"2024-05-26T02:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=53628"},"modified":"2024-05-26T12:00:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-26T02:00:28","slug":"i-am-completely-thrown-by-this-bizarre-detail-on-train-platforms-around-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=53628","title":{"rendered":"I am completely thrown by this ‘bizarre’ detail on train platforms around Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Australians have ranted about the ‘leaning rails’ popping up at train stations and bus stops in place of traditional seating options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some have furiously claimed the unusual rails have replaced seating in most metropolitan areas in order to ‘dissuade the homeless<\/a>‘ from camping out on platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, both\u00a0NSW<\/a>\u00a0Transport and\u00a0Queensland<\/a>\u00a0Rail told FEMAIL the bars are designed as an ‘alternative resting option’ where there’s ‘no room for traditional seating’.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Others slammed the rails for being ‘utterly useless’ for the elderly and disabled who are the ‘main people who use seats at stations’. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Singer\u00a0Justin Standley<\/a>\u00a0poked fun at the ‘ridiculous’ installments at a\u00a0Brisbane<\/a>\u00a0train station in a video which has since gone viral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Singer Justin Standley poked fun at the ‘ridiculous’ installments at a Brisbane train station in a video which has since gone viral.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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