European Railroad Discussion > 'Eddie' takes over Southern Railways' Twitter

A 15-year-old boy was given command of a British railroad's Twitter feed for two days, and quirky communication ensued.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2017/07/12/a-railway-made-a-15-year-old-boy-its-twitter-spokesman-it-was-total-chaos-and-people-loved-it/?utm_term=.ae8286f135f7

Hmmm, do I sense the hapless Southern Railway trying to 'place' a good news story to distract from the wretched train service?

86235 Wrote:
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> Hmmm, do I sense the hapless Southern Railway
> trying to 'place' a good news story to distract
> from the wretched train service?

You're almost certainly correct.

We must remember that what is described as the supposedly private Southern Railway is actually controlled and directed by the increasingly poorly staffed (UK Government) Department for Transport. (The evidence for this claim of mine comes from both public domain and private information.)

Draw your own conclusions!