Re: Today (Sat) on 22 plat. Central

["Chris Downs" <cvdowns@ozemail.com.au>]

One very good reason for the driver to control door release/opening and
closing such as the case on CityTrain trains in Brisbane (also 2
crew/train).

Chris

magilla gorilla <choochoo@spin.com> wrote in message
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> 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.
>