Re: Today (Sat) on 22 plat. Central

[antstig@my-deja.com]

We have DOO at London Underground Ltd (LUL) and I think it's great not
having guards. It was OK if you had a good guard but a nightmare if you
had a clueless one.

Also on our DOO trains, the train cannot move with the doors open. We
also have a Correct Side Door Enabler which in plain English means that
you can't open the doors on the wrong side.

We have mirrors and monitors which are rarely vandalised. Curved
platforms are no problems unless the mirrors and monitors are
defective, in which case the driver has to get a "right" from station
staff.

I don't know if SPADs have increased. It's an interesting point which I
will take up with the unions and management.

The downsides are that it is more tiring driving (but more money - it
would have even been more if the unions had accepted the original offer
instead of fighting DOO) and also if the train catches fire the
passengers to the rear of the fire are left to fend for themselves.

Regards

Frnak
In article <39D58461.17AB64B0@spin.com>,
  magilla gorilla <choochoo@spin.com> wrote:
> 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 and stopped with half the train off
the
> platform. The guard who is one of the more experienced guards opened
the
> doors. The driver took off while people were getting on and off. 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. 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.
>
>


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