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August 20th 15, 09:30 AM
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Dead DLR train
A train died at Bank this morning. I know cos was I was there - it was
stuck halfway into the eastbound platform with the red interrupt light shining next to the doors. Had a couple of bods standing at the consoles at the front looking confused. What I didn't understand is why they didn't just drive it out of the way manually immediately? If it really was a fault with the train as they were saying (and not with the signalling system) then surely that would make the most sense? -- Spud |
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August 20th 15, 11:02 AM
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A train died at Bank this morning. I know cos was I was there - it was stuck halfway into the eastbound platform with the red interrupt light shining next to the doors. Had a couple of bods standing at the consoles at the front looking confused. What I didn't understand is why they didn't just drive it out of the way manually immediately? If it really was a fault with the train as they were saying (and not with the signalling system) then surely that would make the most sense? If there was a fault with the train, perhaps they couldn't drive it manually? |
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August 20th 15, 11:19 AM
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On 8/20/2015 11:02 AM, Recliner wrote:
wrote: A train died at Bank this morning. I know cos was I was there - it was stuck halfway into the eastbound platform with the red interrupt light shining next to the doors. Had a couple of bods standing at the consoles at the front looking confused. What I didn't understand is why they didn't just drive it out of the way manually immediately? If it really was a fault with the train as they were saying (and not with the signalling system) then surely that would make the most sense? If there was a fault with the train, perhaps they couldn't drive it manually? Maybe the bods in question, or the train itself, were scared of the dark and were far happier doing things in the relative safety of the station? |
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August 20th 15, 12:08 PM
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On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 10:02:25 +0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote: wrote: A train died at Bank this morning. I know cos was I was there - it was stuck halfway into the eastbound platform with the red interrupt light shining next to the doors. Had a couple of bods standing at the consoles at the front looking confused. What I didn't understand is why they didn't just drive it out of the way manually immediately? If it really was a fault with the train as they were saying (and not with the signalling system) then surely that would make the most sense? If there was a fault with the train, perhaps they couldn't drive it manually? Its a multiple unit - they couldn't ALL have failed. Unless the breaks were locked on on one of them which seems an unusual failure. Anyway, couldn't have been too serious since the service was running again - according to TfLs webpage - by the time I got to work so presumably it was drivable. -- Spud |
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