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Old March 17th 08, 07:34 AM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway
Stephen Furley Stephen Furley is offline
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Default Jumping the single track at Finsbury Park



Rusty wrote:

Tony Hancock did it many years ago in the film The Rebel.
But then, you could open the doors yourself.
He got across two tracks, train in each one.
(Sorry, couldn't find a film clip but I bet it's out there somewhere.)


It was at Bingham Road station.

Could you actually do this, i.e. is the gap between two trains
standing at the platforms wide enough at most stations to be able to
open the doors?