Dead DLR train
 

A train died at Bank this morning. I know cos was I was there - it was
stuck halfway into the eastbound platform with the red interrupt light
shining next to the doors. Had a couple of bods standing at the consoles at
the front looking confused. What I didn't understand is why they didn't just
drive it out of the way manually immediately? If it really was a fault with
the train as they were saying (and not with the signalling system) then
surely that would make the most sense?

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Spud

Dead DLR train
 

wrote:
A train died at Bank this morning. I know cos was I was there - it was
stuck halfway into the eastbound platform with the red interrupt light
shining next to the doors. Had a couple of bods standing at the consoles at
the front looking confused. What I didn't understand is why they didn't just
drive it out of the way manually immediately? If it really was a fault with
the train as they were saying (and not with the signalling system) then
surely that would make the most sense?

If there was a fault with the train, perhaps they couldn't drive it
manually?

Dead DLR train
 

On 8/20/2015 11:02 AM, Recliner wrote:
wrote:
A train died at Bank this morning. I know cos was I was there - it was
stuck halfway into the eastbound platform with the red interrupt light
shining next to the doors. Had a couple of bods standing at the consoles at
the front looking confused. What I didn't understand is why they didn't just
drive it out of the way manually immediately? If it really was a fault with
the train as they were saying (and not with the signalling system) then
surely that would make the most sense?

If there was a fault with the train, perhaps they couldn't drive it
manually?

Maybe the bods in question, or the train itself, were scared of the dark
and were far happier doing things in the relative safety of the station?

Dead DLR train
 

On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 10:02:25 +0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
wrote:
A train died at Bank this morning. I know cos was I was there - it was
stuck halfway into the eastbound platform with the red interrupt light
shining next to the doors. Had a couple of bods standing at the consoles at
the front looking confused. What I didn't understand is why they didn't just
drive it out of the way manually immediately? If it really was a fault with
the train as they were saying (and not with the signalling system) then
surely that would make the most sense?

If there was a fault with the train, perhaps they couldn't drive it
manually?

Its a multiple unit - they couldn't ALL have failed. Unless the breaks were
locked on on one of them which seems an unusual failure. Anyway, couldn't
have been too serious since the service was running again - according to
TfLs webpage - by the time I got to work so presumably it was drivable.

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Spud