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Strangely enough, a lot of local police forces know very little about the railway or its workings.
I can remember incidents where there was a fatality, and the first people on the scene from the Police were the local police of that area and they would arrive lineside or on the station platform and go marching about even approaching the P Way until a BR staff member told them about the adjacent running lines etc and although the body was on for instance the down fast, and that line was closed, there could still be a train moving on the up fast or somewhere which was in section and had to clear before all lines could be blocked at the incident. Or if they attend something going on, actually on a train in the platform, they would deal with it the best way they knew, which was not always the best way for the railway. It is not their fault, they are not trained about railway work, unlike the BTP, any "shout" on or around the railway is just another incident to the local police.
The BTP are not always near a location, unlike the local police the BTP do not have local officers. But the local "plod" do the best they can, they just have to be watched.
Your man on the platform could have had an interest in the railway, who knows.
If you see him again get him to join this forum, I am sure we can give him all the answers he wants LOL.
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