jamesontheroad
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Interesting event this afternoon... rushed through GLC to catch the 15.33 GLC -> Cathcart (Outer Circle) via Queens Park, inconveniently in front of two other trains on platform 10.
At Pollokshields East, the driver stopped short, between the end of the station and the junction north of it... and then opened the doors onto platform-less tracks. I was in the last car, by two ticket inspectors who only noticed it when I pointed it out. If I'd been more ensconced in the SMS I was tapping out I could have found myself crumpled on the ballast four feet below. After a few seconds the doors closed and the train pulled into the station and the doors re-opened and I cautiously got off...
Could anyone tell me if that train is booked as a six car train? I'm fairly certain it was only three cars, which makes the most obvious reason of a 6 car train stopping at the 3 car stop unlikely...
At Pollokshields East, the driver stopped short, between the end of the station and the junction north of it... and then opened the doors onto platform-less tracks. I was in the last car, by two ticket inspectors who only noticed it when I pointed it out. If I'd been more ensconced in the SMS I was tapping out I could have found myself crumpled on the ballast four feet below. After a few seconds the doors closed and the train pulled into the station and the doors re-opened and I cautiously got off...
Could anyone tell me if that train is booked as a six car train? I'm fairly certain it was only three cars, which makes the most obvious reason of a 6 car train stopping at the 3 car stop unlikely...