Inspector Sands: A fire alarm has been operated and staff have two minutes to come to the control room - if they don't check it automatically evacuates the station.
I have just extracted this from another Forum but don't know if the codes apply universally or not.
From The Independent
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if you've ever wondered what the person on the London Underground tannoy was talking about when they referred to "Inspector Sands", be comforted by the fact that you are definitely not alone.
The numbered codes are for cleaning staff, and are used by station announcers to direct them to mess.
However, it is important to note that while "Inspector Sands" is the same for every single station, 1-6 are cleaning codes and are not necessarily used in the same order across the network
Here are the codes and what they mean:
Code 1: Blood
Code 2: Urine/Faeces
Code 3: Vomit
Code 4: Spillage
Code 5: Broken glass
Code 6: Litter
Code 7: Anything not fitting these categories (the mind boggles)
Inspector Sands: A fire alarm has been operated and staff have two minutes to come to the control room - if they don't check it automatically evacuates the station.
They shouldn't be getting on a train during an evacuation.
Not strictly true...Providing the signalling centre isn't at the station, if you've got a loaded and crewed up train, dispatching it (early if necessary) clears a couple of hundred people from the station. It can always wait time at the next station.
I was at Leeds a few months ago when they had the test. It was all announced before they played the sirens and the evacuation announcements. Despite this, two slightly hapless trolley people (who were probably talking and didn't hear the announcement before it) started trying to usher everyone off the platform. A few followed their instruction, while most didn't and some were just confused. I worked on the basis that as no-one on any other platform (including station staff) were making any moves, these two were just been dozy!
I would hope that there are already staff in the control room! Staff coming in are no use if the alarm is elsewhere.Inspector Sands: A fire alarm has been operated and staff have two minutes to come to the control room - if they don't check it automatically evacuates the station.
'Inspector Sands in the baggage area'
What if a real person with the surname 'Sands' applies for a job as an inspector? Would they be ruled out because of their name?
They shouldn't be getting on a train during an evacuation.
If its loaded and ready to go then yes but that's different from telling people to get on a train during an evacuation and is something I would never advocate and from memory isn't allowed.