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Old 3rd July 2007, 09:56
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Originally Posted by hstudent View Post
...............I find that with some Northern services that are run by 4 carriage trains the conductor is still checking tickets when the train arrives at the station and it takes him 2 or 3 minutes to get to the end of the train and open the doors after the train has stopped.
Yes I've noticed that myself.
I can, to some extent, appreciate why the driver doesn't usually close the doors but why can't he/she open them? The driver is the best person to know if the train has safely stopped.
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