Mrs Redboots wrote:
Chris! wrote to uk.transport.london on Wed, 20 Apr 2005:

If the train needed to be evacuated it would be helpful to be able
to
announce that to all the passengers... Not just to disabled
passengers

Helpful, yes - but surely not vital?

They must have thought it was vital when writing the policies otherwise
they wouldn't have considered taking the train out of sevice.

I can't really imagine it being acceptable (nowdays) for a train to
break down, completely packed, and the guard having to relay messages
by shouting down the carriage and getting the people that can hear him
to shout to those further down.

--
Chris