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Steve · April 10th 05, 11:39 AM posted to uk.transport.london

On Sat, 09 Apr 2005 20:04:06 +0100, Dave Newt wrote:

wrote:
Dave Newt wrote:

Clive Coleman wrote:

In message , steve
writes

Taking full trains out of service and holding full trains does not

benefit most people but makes the lights on the screen more even.

I would doubt that "full trains" are taken out of service unless

they

fail a trip tester or some other related safety problem, perhaps

you

I'm sure I've heard the driver announce once or twice, having failed

to

successfully close the doors twice, that if they failed again (i.e.

if

people didn't let them shut) he would consider the train defective

and

have it removed from service.

I don't know if this was just a threat or not though.

Thats the kind of attitude that raises stress levels of commuters and
gets drivers hated. If the train was that full not really faulty and
taken out of service how much would he be costing TFL in compensation
payments for delays (@ £2.xx per person on that train and the others
affected) and how would (s)he expect to remove the train from the
station after dumping a train load of people on the platform.

Agreed. Though, to be fair, how many times should he try? If they don't
shut, all the trains stop and get delayed until they do.

It would take longer to take the train out of service. The driver has
nothing to loose as they will not work an extra five minutes because the
train was late, his last train of the day will just be cancelled or
terminated early.

The sensible solution is to for the station staff to find the door and
culprits