"MIG" wrote in message

On Apr 22, 6:57 pm, " wrote:

Actually, I thought that the Victoria Line WAS already automated, and
that the driver simply presses a button when the train is ready to
depart and everything else - acceleration/deceleration and presumably
door-opening is automated. What's Crow worried about - that his
incompetent members might override that and deliberately open doors
on the wrong side?!


No, they have to open and close the doors. This is 1960s ATO, not the
DLR.

The Victoria Line has the tracks crossed at some stations, resulting
in the platform not being on the same side as at nearly every other
station on a very boring and similar-looking line. This may have
something to do with the problem.

It probably doesn't take long to notice having reached for the wrong
button and immediately close the doors before they've gone far.

As the Victoria line is entirely underground, I assume that even if the
doors on the wrong side are opened, the tunnel wall will be near enough
that no-one could actually fall very far (as oppose to the empty space
on a surface line platform). So this feature is presumably less
important on this line than any other?