Train of thought

The train saved everything. The big goodbye, the parting that was to mark the transition between lives... it was being lost in the everyday humdrum of the station. Commuters returning home. Bored, tired people hurrying through the grey, fluorescent corridors and concourses. But, as they reached the platform, the train pulled up with a shriek and sat, panting, in its own spotlight and, immediately, they were on stage, the breathless air crackling with drama.