As someone who spends more than 10 hours a week travelling to and from work on a train, the story below - which is running today - appealed to me.

Nearly two out of three passengers have fallen asleep on trains - with more than a quarter of them managing to miss their stop, a survey showed today.

Some of the deeper sleepers have not only woken up in the wrong county but in the wrong country, the poll by rail ticket company thetrainline.com found.

One passenger, heading for Wakefield in Yorkshire, fell asleep and came to in Edinburgh.

Another, a little worse for wear after a Christmas party, went to the end of the line and back four times before giving up attempts to go home and going straight to his office, being the first one in at 7am.

One woman traveller sang in her sleep on a train journey and woke to a round of applause from fellow passengers.

The poll of more than 700 rail travellers found 27% of those who have nodded off went half an hour past their desired destination.

While some blamed drink for their tiredness, 15% said they nodded off because of the calming motion of the train.

Asked what would keep them awake after a Christmas party, passengers suggested loud continuous driver announcements, an alarm bell or the sound of a baby crying.

Baby crying?  That'd drive me mad.  And frankly, drivers (or in most cases the guards) make too many announcements for my liking.