I meant uniformed security guards (as you say below, they were used by
Wagn between Potters Bar and Stevenage and were totally useless but at
least wore Hi-vis vests with 'SECURITY' written on the back). A RPI

I disagree - a month or so back a guy started assaulting a woman at
Potters Bar and had it not been for the security guard there I doubt I
would have been able to prevent him doing any further damage to her. I
for one was very glad for his presence and often late nights there is at
least one security guard at the station.

Even though the alarm signal doesn't automatically stop the train now,
in most cases it's obvious the driver would stop immediately, just in
case someone being dragged. You should always should wait until a
station unless it needs to be stopped immediately.

I was on the tube once when approaching Acton Town, a window was broken
(outer skin only). I would have pulled it down when we got into the
station anyway, there was nothing could be done there and the best thing
would be for us to continue just in case there was an idiot taking pot
shots at the train. Still, someone pushed the alarm within a few seconds
with a sort of proud smirk on his face, result was we sat outside the
station as they assembled BTP and station staff to meet us

I'm not sure what you wanted to happen given your actions. Even if you
had a quick chat with the driver, he would call the signaller, who would
call BTP, which would have been no quicker or effective than you doing
it yourself and giving more opportunity for the message to be corrupted.
Best move would have been to have moved carriages, rung the police, and
left it to them to deal with. If they felt it was serious enough they
would have had the train held and met by either Herts or BTP.

Given the feeling you would be assaulted you should have stayed with the
two heavies, refused to leave if necessary promting them to call police.
Now it's happened a strong letter to FCC and please update us as to the
outcome.

D