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29th October 2010, 23:08
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Passengers break out of stuck train in Cambridgeshire
Passengers have forced open the doors of a train after it broke down near a Cambridgeshire village station.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-11655182
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#2
30th October 2010, 10:04
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As the passengers were not in any danger, could they be done for trespass and criminal damage? There was no need for them to leave the train!
Best wishes, John H-T.
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30th October 2010, 17:33
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They should not have left the train unless instructed to do so by the driver or BTP. They are in violation of the terms on the ticket and broke railway by-laws. I hope they all end up in court and get fined - there are too many hot heads about when stuff like that happens and they insist on taking the law into their own hands. If they had got mown down by a train who would be responsible then - the driver of the train? Next week that would have been dark by that time and lineside is definitely a dangerous place to be.
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30th October 2010, 20:38
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It wouldn't have been the driver of the train's responsibility, it would have been their own, if someone was injured, as long as the TOC can establish they did everything reasonably practicable to stop people leaving the train then it's their own liability.
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30th October 2010, 21:49
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My understanding is that it is the guard who is responsible for the safety of passengers. It is their job to decide when to evacuate the train and conduct passengers to a place of safety. Obviously if the train caught fire it becomes a case of self preservation!
Best wishes, John H-T.
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#8
31st October 2010, 10:25
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In which case you can understand why they wanted out, especially since the modern trains have no opening windows, ergo it gets rather stuffy inside very quickly. Plus the toilets are all 'Leckie', so no power=no working toilets.
Why do we, in the UK in this day and age think this is a suitable way to treat passengers?
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#9
31st October 2010, 19:46
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Maybe health & safety should consider public sensitivities when trains get stuck for long periods especially in tunnels or even inclement weather like snow drifts or floods. There should be some means for stranded passengers to get some relief for thirst, hunger and toilet requirements supplied as necessary under emergency legislation. There are plenty of helicopters available which can deliver to the wilds of our countryside and there is no reason that special carts like Wycombe trollies cant be adapted as portaloos for use in tunnels. Maybe the passengers charter should be amended with these sort of instances in mind as they seem to happen with alarming regularity.
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31st October 2010, 21:45
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Trains have toilets and water on them?
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