A Man Finds Commuting Zen in This Brilliantly Silly Ad for Mobile Train Ticketing

Above the fray, thanks to an app

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If you're the type of person who wants to feel spiritually at one with the act of commuting by train, then British ticketing company Trainline would like you to try its app.

In this new ad from Anomaly London and Rattling Stick director Ringan Ledwidge, a man finds his zen while weaving through the crowds at a busy station, perfectly content in knowing from which platform his train departs, that he got a deal on the fare, and that he has a tasty snack stowed away for later in the ride.

Aptly titled "I am train," the arc is perfectly silly—reminiscent of Anchorman's "I love lamp" in its affinity for inanimate objects—but with a deliberately overwrought monologue crescendoing toward the ending.

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