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| School Children Behavior 31/07/2011 at 01:42 #18746 | |
BarryM
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A friend of mine visiting your beautiful shores, sent me this "doozy" that occurred last Wednesday week. "One feat we witnessed was at Liverpool St station. The train had been there a short while and was just about ready to depart when 5 teenagers (4 boys and a girl) all very well dressed in school uniform decided they needed to catch our train. As the beeps were sounding the first boy dived at the doorway and propped himself triangulated between the floor and the door, holding it open. The other four then jumped across his legs through the rapidly reducing space as the other door closed. When the last was on (and they followed each other like the precision of a paratroop) he jumped back and the door slammed shut with a bang and we were away!" Is this normal behavior of school children running late to catch their train? Barry Barry, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Last edited: 31/07/2011 at 01:51 by BarryM Log in to reply |
| Re: School Children Behavior 31/07/2011 at 02:22 #18747 | |
UKTrainMan
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Happens oh so many times in some way or other, but I wouldn't call it a feat! Quote:feat Any views and / or opinions expressed by myself are from me personally and do not represent those of any company I either work for or am a consultant for. Log in to reply |
| Re: School Children Behavior 31/07/2011 at 06:06 #18749 | |
Peter Bennet
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" said:Adults do it too. Peter I identify as half man half biscuit - crumbs! Log in to reply |
| Re: School Children Behavior 31/07/2011 at 07:21 #18750 | |
GeoffM
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" said:" said:Yep, and in the case of slam doors, will still try to open them when they're locked and the train is about to leave.Adults do it too. SimSig Boss Log in to reply |
| Re: School Children Behavior 31/07/2011 at 07:39 #18751 | |
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delticfan
476 posts |
Hi all, I saw some really frightening behaviours by all ages when working at New Street. People would dive at the doors even when the train was moving. The most amazing instances were of people actually running along the platform alongside a moving train still trying to press the door open buttons on Cl 323s!
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| Re: School Children Behavior 31/07/2011 at 08:12 #18757 | |
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nezza
102 posts |
AT times what occurs at so many stations is beyond believe that they are not hurt. People just don't think and put so much at risk.
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| Re: School Children Behavior 31/07/2011 at 08:23 #18760 | |
moonraker
353 posts |
It's a wonder there's never been a major incident at Southall on the GWML in the rush hours. I've never seen so many people trying to get on and off trains at one station. When I was still driving Turbos for a living I used to dread being on a stopper in the peak calling at Southall 
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| Re: School Children Behavior 31/07/2011 at 08:53 #18763 | |
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nezza
102 posts |
Other places are as bad and I know some mainline drivers dread going through certain stations not only on stopper but non stoppers (station in particular is 10mph restriction through). Mainline drivers have a tough enough job as it is without total idiots making their job even harder Log in to reply |
| Re: School Children Behavior 31/07/2011 at 10:30 #18774 | |
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Sam Tugwell
493 posts |
People often do it at Torquay for the Grammar School students travelling home. Its stupid really
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| Re: School Children Behavior 31/07/2011 at 10:42 #18782 | |
agilchrist
258 posts |
I have travelled in India/Thailand/China many times and its common practise there, its done without a thought and nobody seems to be overly bothered about it, whereas in the UK it seems to be a Sport; perhaps we can interest Sky Sports in the rights to it.
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| Re: School Children Behavior 31/07/2011 at 10:45 #18784 | |
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nezza
102 posts |
" said:I have travelled in India/Thailand/China many times and its common practise there, its done without a thought and nobody seems to be overly bothered about it, whereas in the UK it seems to be a Sport; perhaps we can interest Sky Sports in the rights to it.And yet here in UK it is done dangerously but what I have seen foreign countries make it look so safe.... clarification could be worthwhile looking into on this in which leads me back over to alan Log in to reply |
| Re: School Children Behavior 10/08/2011 at 14:10 #19308 | |
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kbarber
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" said:" said:" said:Yep, and in the case of slam doors, will still try to open them when they're locked and the train is about to leave.Adults do it too. As for the old days of slam doors completely free of locking... when I was supervisor at Barking I got used to not looking; later on I got more blase about looking. Couple of relevant good stories from that line. At Barking there was one guy who got off a bit too early as his train ran in... hit the floor running (quite literally) but couldn't run fast enough so went base-over-apex among the waiting passengers. Unfortunately for him, he was carrying a rather large pot of white paint! Apparently he didn't hang around, just fled through the barrier leaving the station staff to save as much of the paint as they could (well, this is East London after all). (I can vouch for it having happened, although I didn't see the incident... the streak of white paint remained spread across the platform for some years afterwards.) One from further back. A chap who got off a bit early as his train arrived at Fenchurch Street. He, too, hit the deck running, careered out of control for a while then hit one of the chocolate machines chained to the railings around the subway staircase. I'm told it was just like you see in a cartoon: hit the machine head on and fell straight on his back, surrounded by broken glass and bars of chocolate. The incident was witnessed by a BTP copper (a constable of the old school), who duly approached the scene and said: "We like chocolate do we sir?" Last edited: 10/08/2011 at 14:10 by kbarber Log in to reply |