Hellfire
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- 14 Dec 2012
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Interesting experience on a Pendolino last night. We were about ten minutes out of Preston when a passenger was taken ill in my carriage It seemed to be some sort of fit.
Everyone rallied round, one man went to inform the train manager who put out an appeal for any medical staff on board, In the event, two nurses came to help.
However, while all this was going on, another man leapt out of his seat and ran to pull the alarm. Several of us had to try very hard to dissuade him. Our reasoning was that we were running into a station, the train manager was on the case, and stopping the train somewhere between Leyland and Preston would not help anyone. As it turned out paramedics were waiting for the train at Preston.
The question that I ask is. If he had pulled the alarm, would the driver have instantly slammed on the brakes? Or is there some system whereby the driver can communicate with either the passenger who pulled the alarm, or the Train Manager before deciding whether to stop immediately or proceed into the next station.
Everyone rallied round, one man went to inform the train manager who put out an appeal for any medical staff on board, In the event, two nurses came to help.
However, while all this was going on, another man leapt out of his seat and ran to pull the alarm. Several of us had to try very hard to dissuade him. Our reasoning was that we were running into a station, the train manager was on the case, and stopping the train somewhere between Leyland and Preston would not help anyone. As it turned out paramedics were waiting for the train at Preston.
The question that I ask is. If he had pulled the alarm, would the driver have instantly slammed on the brakes? Or is there some system whereby the driver can communicate with either the passenger who pulled the alarm, or the Train Manager before deciding whether to stop immediately or proceed into the next station.