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Sam Elliott-Gibbs

Massive snowball fight erupts at London train station as delayed commuters pass the time

Delayed commuters hurled snowballs at each other last night, passing the time during mass travel chaos by lobbing frozen missiles across the platform.

The fun fight took place at West Ham station in east London as chilly passengers battled each other as well as the long waits to get home.

A brilliant Twitter clip shows one group of youngsters throwing the snow at others also waiting for their train.

With more of them over that side - and with more snow to work with - they took revenge and pelted their rivals in return, and didn't hold back.

Cold travellers were wrapped up warm in their winter coats in the video taken last night and posted to Twitter as snow covered most of the UK.

The youngsters start the fun as they wait to catch their train (TikTok)
The delays soon created a platform war as the snowballs came back with force! (TikTok)

The groups have been praised the video for showing the fun side of commuting in London, a far cry from their reputation for being moody on their commutes.

One person said: "Health and safety executives having palpations watching this."

Another teased: "Sending sympathy to all girls who can't throw snowballs very far."

Someone clearly shocked there were people smiling while waiting for public transport simply called: "Flake News!"

The TikTok video was taken by Tye Watling, who posted to the Devilclips account.

Their rivals had more snow - and more people to work with (TikTok)
It was fun before the reality is rail strikes bite today (TikTok)

It was some lighthearted relief before the reality of a month of rail disruption dawned.

Today, workers will walk out for their first of a wave of 48-hour strikes, as nurses prepare to take their own unprecedented industrial action.

Members of the RMT are pressing ahead with two 48-hour strikes at Network Rail – and 14 train companies – from Tuesday and Friday.

Trains will run from 7.30am to 6.30pm on this week’s strike days, although many parts of the country will have no services, including most of Scotland and Wales.

But with further walkouts planned, Network Rail has warned there will be significantly reduced services, with trains more crowded and likely to start later and finish earlier until January 8.

The RMT said 63.6% voted to reject Network Rail’s offer on an 83% turnout in what general secretary Mick Lynch said was a “huge rejection” of the public body’s “substandard offer”.

“The Government is refusing to lift a finger to prevent these strikes and it is clear they want to make effective strike action illegal in Britain,” the union boss added.

“We will resist that and our members, along with the entire trade union movement, will continue their campaign for a square deal for workers, decent pay increases and good working conditions.”

Network Rail had offered a 5% pay rise for this year – backdated to January – with another 4% at the start of 2023 and a guarantee of no compulsory job losses until January 2025.

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