In message , at 22:47:50
on Fri, 22 May 2009, Richard J. remarked:
We are told that the monotony of the job makes it easy to make this
sort of mistake. Is that because the cab windows are in the tunnel
when the train stops, and the driver can't therefore see which side the
platform is by looking through his side window?

They have to be able to see the CCTV monitors, which are at the end of
the platform by the driver.

It's also the case that the driver has spent the previous twenty seconds
*driving through* the station, and therefore the platform side is fairly
obvious.
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Roland Perry