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Post by mcdrye on Dec 13, 2006 14:06:26 GMT
In the midst of London Bridge closure today the southbound line was quite empty. Got on the train at Angel and sat on one of the perches at the non driver end in carriage 51681.
Was just in my own world and was quickly ripped out of it as the carriage end door just opened on the way to Old Street. I dont why I assumed for a split second that someone official must be travelling between carriages becasue it opened in a slow manner in the corner of my eye before I realised that idea was ridiculous. Had to slam it shut to stop it opening again. And quite typical no one looked up until they heard the slamming door.
How could this have happened? Is this more common than I thought?
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Post by Tubeboy on Dec 13, 2006 14:27:03 GMT
Well I find on the Northern, MOST T/ops when walking through the train at termini, walk down a car, then onto the platform, and then into the next one and so on, like most lines I would imagine.
As a long term user of the Northern, pax using the inter-connecting doors is quite common. Very annoying it as well. Most dont shut the door properly, so it continually swings open, until someone slams it shut.
Officially, you are only supposed to use it in an emergency, due to the risk of falling between cars. Doesn't stop some though.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2006 18:29:22 GMT
It's not that unusual for one of the connecting doors to come open when the train is moving. As well as an idiot minority of passengers, these doors are used by T/Ops changing ends in sidings.
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Post by mcdrye on Dec 13, 2006 18:57:56 GMT
Mystery solved I was being stupid. It;s never happened to me before so I panicked (Maybe because of all the warnings pllastered everywhere)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2006 11:00:10 GMT
As a long term user of the Northern, pax using the inter-connecting doors is quite common. Yeah I've found this too TB - I tend to see it more on this line than the others - it is a very silly thing to do, and I wouldn't like to be there if something went wrong. |
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Post by jamesb on Dec 14, 2006 18:47:29 GMT
Slightly off-topic, a few months ago at Euston I saw a group of tourists who couldn't speak any English get very confused by the message "... upon arrival, the last set of doors will not open. Customers in the last carriage please move towards the front doors to leave the train" on approach to the station. They opened an inter-connecting door from the last carriage and started to walk through until somebody stopped them.
It just shows how daft people can be... Despite a warning sticker on the door!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2006 19:00:39 GMT
Slightly off-topic, a few months ago at Euston I saw a group of tourists who couldn't speak any English get very confused by the message "... upon arrival, the last set of doors will not open. Customers in the last carriage please move towards the front doors to leave the train" on approach to the station. They opened an inter-connecting door from the last carriage and started to walk through until somebody stopped them. It just shows how daft people can be... Despite a warning sticker on the door! Depends where these tourists came from....in some countries people travel by rail on the roof of trains!!!!! Must admit though, using a connecting door with warning stickers on seems a bit silly. Mind you, I remember being on a Hammersmith and City train about 10 years ago (when I was too young to be on the tube by myself really) and two RCI's walking down the train using the connecting doors. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2006 21:43:28 GMT
IIRC, the original by-laws of City & South London Railway specified a £5 fine for travelling on a carriage roof.
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Post by bwhughes on Dec 24, 2006 11:17:44 GMT
...which would only have been declared posthumously!  Unless the offender was a few centimetres wide at the waist! ;D |
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Post by londonboy on Dec 28, 2006 0:08:02 GMT
You could of just passed City Road disused Station where the air turbulance could have forced the door to open
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Post by Tomcakes on Dec 31, 2006 23:45:00 GMT
I've seen this happen on a 92 stock somewhere, I think it was on the way out to EBDY last year. Door suddenly flew open as we went over some points outside, train was rather empty so I got up and gave it a hefty kick back.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2007 21:03:02 GMT
IIRC, the original by-laws of City & South London Railway specified a £5 fine for travelling on a carriage roof. quoted as being a near-impossible feat in Rails Through The Clay... |
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