On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 21:00:02 +0100, John Watkins wrote:

Roland Perry wrote:
In message , Robin May
writes

I think
the suggestion was that most of them fell down the stairs, rather
than under a train.


And as a result of their own stupidity or lack of caution rather than
as a result of any fundamental flaw in the system


You don't actually know if that's the case. People might have fallen
because the stairs or escalators were overcrowded.

If the stairs or escalators were crowded then people are unlikely to be
killed when falling - too many people in the way!

Wasn't there an incident in the East End in WWII? Or Hilsburgh come to
think of it. People at the back push, and people at the front get
squashed. Or get pushed out off the platform.