Iain Archer wrote:

Steve M wrote on Sat, 16 Jul 2005

There have been police on duty outside both my local stations all this
week (Norbiton and New Malden). Yesterday morning, there were 3
officers at Norbiton! However, in a way this can be beneficial as an
unattended bag was found in the back coach of my train to work one
morning this week, and the fact there were officers on duty meant it
could be checked and cleared within minites, rather than us all having
to endure a lengthy delay and be late for work.


irony smiley
So what special equipment did they have for checking it? Endoscope,
robot, portable X-ray machine, ..... ?

As another poster has suggested, I think he just had a look inside,
decided it was safe, and off we went. If the policeman hadn't already
been on the station, I presume the train would have remained there until
one arrived? Passengers seemed to be in two distinct groups: "Argh,
let's get the hell out of here" and "FFS how long will this take?".

Cheers,

Steve M