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Old July 22nd 11, 04:34 PM posted to uk.transport.london
D A Stocks[_2_] D A Stocks[_2_] is offline
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Default Massive Disruption at Paddington - Suicide at Hayes & Harlington

"David Cantrell" wrote in message
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On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 02:57:38AM +0100, D A Stocks wrote:

I understand Southern have had some success with the measures they have
taken at the more notorious spots in their territory.


What have they done, and what are those spots?

The most obvious is that platforms on the fast lines that are not in normal
use are fenced off at most stations. The platforms are still useable (via
gates that are usually locked) and the fencing used is fairly unobtrusive -
it's there to make it just a bit harder for someone to make a spontaneous
leap, rather than to stop them altogether. The following reports an example:

http://www.thisiscroydontoday.co.uk/Platform-fences-installed-Croydon-stations-stop-suicide-bids/story-11370684-detail/story.html

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DAS