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Overcrowded trains
On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 10:17:46 +0100 someone who may be "Brian Watson"
wrote this:- Why cannot more mainline trains be a little longer (by a carriage or two) and overhang platforms at the back? It happens on various rural routes and seems to present no problem. Some years ago a lady got off a HST at Markinch. She had not checked to see if there was a platform to put her feet on and as a result she broke her ankle when she landed on the lineside. Such things are/were not common, but are a reason to slowly eliminate the possibility. On lines equipped with conductor rails the result might be worse. In some places, generally in built up areas, lines come together quickly after the platform and someone could fall onto or near another line. Some platforms are near bridges and there is the possibility of people stepping off into a river or over a large drop, or onto a bridge parapet which they then fall off. The relatively well known case of the former was at Bath Spa, with a soldier stepping out of a train and falling into the river. -- David Hansen, Edinburgh I will *always* explain revoked encryption keys, unless RIP prevents me http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/00023--e.htm#54 |
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