Re: Today (Sat) on 22 plat. Central

[Magilla Gorilla <choochoo@spin.net.au>]

How so, he should have stopped the train straight away before the driver had built up speed.

Tezza wrote:

> "magilla gorilla"
> > Today on 22 platform there nearly was a major fatality. A driver was
> > coming into the platform and the signal at the end was at stop, he
> > tripped on the intermediate trip
>
> That has to be the slowest bloody trip around. I've been caught once, but it's a regular event.
>
> > and stopped with half the train off the
> > platform. The guard who is one of the more experienced guards opened the
> > doors.
>
> This also happens on a regular basis.
>
> > The driver took off while people were getting on and off.
>
> Probably didn't hear the doors open due the air exhausting.
>
> > One
> > older lady nearly went under but was grabbed and saved by another
> > passenger. The guard instead of giving the driver 2 bells to stop closed
> > the doors making a big mistake even bigger.
>
> How so?
>
> > The driver stopped on the 6
> > car mark not knowing what had happened. Hopefully they breath tested the
> > guard and took him off the road because
> > 1/ He should had relised the driver had lost the air and stopped with
> > half a 6 car set of the back of the platform.
> > 2/ He should have seen he was in the wrong postion on the platform for a
> > 6 car set and seen the train was off the platform.
> > 3/ He should not have opened the doors.
> > 4/ He should have given the driver 2 bells straight away.
> > 5/ He then should not have tried to blame the driver.
> >
> > When I left on my train home which was behind it the station staff were
> > on the phone to Operations Control.
>
> I'm surprised, I thought they'd just let it go.