Things you normally expect to see on a peak-hour morning train in Melbourne:
- Sweaty, irritable commuters.
- Occasionally broken shells of humans still oozing their way home from last night.
- The odd unwell person happily nattering away to themselves about the Government.
- Tall people’s armpits.
These two lovebirds met on a train 10yrs ago & with a little help from our driver, Ryan popped Hannah a special question this morning… pic.twitter.com/2eYysokCHI
— Metro Trains (@metrotrains) March 2, 2017
SHE SAID YES! Congrats from all of us at Metro & your fellow passengers on the marriage carriage from Frankston to Flinders Street. pic.twitter.com/J3yVcbs9DM
— Metro Trains (@metrotrains) March 2, 2017
LOOK HOW HAPPY THEY ARE!
Couples that commute together, stay together. pic.twitter.com/pLTIELfNEe
— Metro Trains (@metrotrains) March 2, 2017
Ryan, who spoke to 3AW after the public (transport) proposal, said he couldn’t think of a more perfect place to ask Hannah to marry him, bringing their relationship around full-circle.
“We first met on the train almost 10 years ago. I thought ‘what a fitting place to pop the question’. She had no idea it was coming. We were just on our way to work. The train was pretty packed. I think they were stunned. It’s not the usual thing you see on your way to work on a Friday morning.”
“I had to wake her up at first with a bit of a kiss. She had absolutely no idea.”
And if you were wondering how on earth you’d just get off the train at Flinders St and go to work as normal after a morning commute like that, the answer is: They didn’t.