Bank branch closure 13/7/15

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This afternoon 17/5/15 i noticed that the Northern line Bank branch was suspended Northbound I believe due to a person on the track now my question is how did this person? Get onto the track if the line is single bore tube tunnel.

[whistlekiller2000]

Jul 13, 2015 17:13:40 GMT @59stock said:

This afternoon 17/5/15 i noticed that the Northern line Bank branch was suspended Northbound I believe due to a person on the track now my question is how did this person? Get onto the track if the line is single bore tube tunnel.

I'd assume they climbed or fell off a station platform.

[superteacher]

They use "person on the track" as an alternative to "person under a train."

[spsmiler]

Jul 13, 2015 20:00:56 GMT superteacher said:

They use "person on the track" as an alternative to "person under a train."

That is a nice euphemism which makes passengers almost feel thankful that the trains were stopped, as (even though the delay will be a nuisance, to put it mildly,) no-one wants to see someone hit by a train.

Simon

[North End]

Jul 13, 2015 17:13:40 GMT @59stock said:

This afternoon 17/5/15 i noticed that the Northern line Bank branch was suspended Northbound I believe due to a person on the track now my question is how did this person? Get onto the track if the line is single bore tube tunnel.

It was a (particularly messy) one under in the platform area at Angel.

The words 'person under train' are not broadcast nowadays as there is some evidence of copycat behaviour. Personally I'd prefer to use 'customer incident' which is more vague and covers a range of possibilities, as I think person on track is confusing all round, but perhaps still suggests one under to some - for example today's Angel incident closely followed one at Victoria earlier in the day.

[Deleted]

Everything that has gone before is quite true. Sometimes (not this time, but as a matter of interest), however, a person on the track really is a person on the track:

aslefshrugged.blogspot.co.uk/2010/09/so-this-how-things-were-supposed-to-be.html

Indeed, in the open sections, of course, trespassers on the track are sadly too common.

[norbitonflyer]

Jul 13, 2015 22:52:27 GMT spsmiler said:

Jul 13, 2015 20:00:56 GMT superteacher said:

They use "person on the track" as an alternative to "person under a train."

That is a nice euphemism which makes passengers almost feel thankful that the trains were stopped, as (even though the delay will be a nuisance, to put it mildly,) no-one wants to see someone hit by a train.

A person under a train has not necessarily been hit by it. On the contrary, when I was the "person under a train" (and indeed "on the track") it would be more accurate to say that I had hit the train, which was standing in the platform when I tripped and fell under it, and remained there until they fished me out.