A Welsh train conductor who used to be a 激しい metal 禁止（する）d frontman has become a 教団 hero for singing songs and making the tannoy 告示s more musical.
Chris Edwards' 業績／成果s have become 伝説の の中で 正規の／正選手 乗客s on 大勝するs in むちの跡s, the West Country and other parts of England.?
The 61-year-old, from Newport, used to 前線 a Christian 激しい metal 禁止（する）d but now loves putting smiles on 乗客s' 直面するs and helps total strangers become friends.
The 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） of tunes he sings his 告示s to has now reached 220, with his favourites 含むing Queen's We Are The 支持する／優勝者s and Bohemian Rhapsody, Tom Jones' Delilah, Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell and Candle in the 勝利，勝つd by Elton John.?
But as he 長，率いるs に向かって 退職, the Welshman said he often receives requests for songs by more modern artists he's unfamiliar with - and flat out 辞退するs to 非難する.
Chris Edwards' 業績／成果s have become 伝説の の中で 正規の／正選手 乗客s on 大勝するs in むちの跡s, the West Country and other parts of England
The 61-year-old, pictured when he used to 前線 a Christian 激しい metal 禁止（する）d, now loves putting smiles on 乗客s' 直面するs and helps total strangers become friends
The now-conductor is pictured during his time with the 激しい metal 禁止（する）d 3rd Day Rising
Although he became a train conductor 20 years ago he only started singing on the 職業 eight years ago when he was one of two conductors on a service coming 支援する from Swansea.?
His 同僚 left him to do the 駅／配置する 告示s but 勧めるd him not to sing them.
The daredevil in him took that as a challenge and so he sang the first one to the tune of My 世代 by The Who. Someone の近くに to him laughed, making him think it might be 価値（がある） doing again.
As he did it more and more, he began to get requests from 乗客s, some of whom had seen him when a clip went viral.
結局 his 雇用者 heard about it and he was called in to a 会合 with 管理／経営.
He said: 'The 支配する was very much no singing so I thought it was going to be bad news but they said they loved it. After that I felt I had 解放する／自由な rein to do a lot more.
'Over the period of time I've been doing it, some of the 利益s have been やめる startling.'
He said it had often been an ice-breaker, transforming a 静かな carriage in which people had not been talking to each other into one in which they began to smile, 雑談（する） to each other and guess what his songs were.
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/div> Although he became a train conductor 20 years ago he only started singing on the 職業 eight years ago when he was one of two conductors on a service coming 支援する from Swansea
Mr Edwards, a Christian who sings in church on Sundays, said people had thanked him for 元気づける them up after they had gone to a funeral or a difficult hospital visit
Once, two 乗客s who had never met before 設立する they got on so 井戸／弁護士席 while discussing the songs that they decided to go for a coffee together.
Mr Edwards, a Christian who sings in church on Sundays, said people had thanked him for 元気づける them up after they had gone to a funeral or a difficult hospital visit.
'There have been off-shoots I would never have imagined when I first started doing it,' he said.
He 追加するd: 'I was the lead singer of a Christian 激しい metal 禁止（する）d for 15 years. I just love to sing.'
As he 長，率いるs に向かって 退職 from his 職業 with 輸送（する） for むちの跡s 早期に next year, Mr Edwards 収容する／認めるs he struggles with requests for more 最近の artists because he's not so familiar with their songs and as far as rapping goes, forget it.
He said: 'You might get a rapping train conductor one day, I suppose, but it won't be me!'
He 追加するd: 'Many people just smile. Others say 'keep up the good work' or 'keep on singing'.
'If they 港／避難所't heard me before, there's some degree of bewilderment because if you get on the train, you don't 推定する／予想する to hear somebody singing.'
Mr Edwards 以前 had to give up running a 質問（する） over the PA on his trains after getting told off by his bosses but his 雇用者 has fully 支援するd his singing, and he's delighted to be able to do so.
'There needs to be a place for a bit of 解放する／自由な 表現. Life can be a bit 暗い／優うつな.
'What I do, even in a slight way, is 解除する people's spirits and make them smile. That has to be a good thing,' he said.
