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Old June 24th 10, 05:00 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Mizter T Mizter T is offline
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Default The train in Spain slays mostly those without a brain


On Jun 24, 3:21*pm, MIG wrote:

On 24 June, 14:50, Basil Jet wrote:
12 killed and 14 injured in a single incident... maybe it's about time
they did something to warn people where trains run, maybe lay some
metal rails.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/10399126.stm


Although, in different circumstances, the headline might have been
"many crushed/suffocated in subway at station with insufficient
capacity for event".


I seem to recall you putting forward an argument that Tube stations
shouldn't be temporarily closed at peak times because of overcrowding
as this creates an increased potential for street level accidents.