On Mar 11, 6:07 pm, "Peter Lawrence" wrote:
On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:02:27 GMT, "Richard J."

wrote:
wrote:
Do drivers get pleasure from closing the doors and preventing people
from getting on?....I think the answer is yes. I reckon they time it
perfectly.

In the peaks, if it means that the train runs to time and the following ones
are not delayed, then that's the right thing to do, as it benefits most
passengers. Yes, drivers should certainly be pleased to achieve that.

No, they should be unhappy about being told to be rude to their
customers In any case, isn't it quicker overall to let passengers
board and so make the platfomr clearer for disembarkers from following
trains?

Essentially you are saying that, at very busy stations like Victoria,
every train should only leave the platform when it is full.