Re: Today (Sat) on 22 plat. Central

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

What happens if the driver has a heart attack and drops dead?

antstig@my-deja.com wrote:

> 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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