I just wondered if anybody might have any thoughts on this, I won't mention any time or location as I'm not looking to drop the guard in it if any rules have been broken.
Six car train pulls into station, 2 car 466 on the front and 4 car 465 on the rear. Quite a few people get off and a few get on, one rather intoxicated gentleman gets off the 465 intending to get on the 466 (I don't know why) but before he gets to the 466 the doors close, it probably wouldn't have been obvious to the guard that he intended to get back on again. He is standing leaning against the side of the train pushing the button and wondering why the doors wouldn't open, despite this the guard gives the starting signal and the train starts moving. What immediately crossed my mind was the incident at James Street in Liverpool a few years ago. Fortunately on this occasion another passenger ushers the drunk away from the train and sits him down on a bench and tells him there will be another train shortly.
The guard was at the rear of the train and may not have seen the incident clearly, it was dark and rather murky. Shouldn't the guard have been at the front of the 465, which seems to be normal practice, where he would have seen the incident clearly and wouldn't have been looking down six coaches?
No harm done on this occasion but I couldn't help thinking what might have happened.
Six car train pulls into station, 2 car 466 on the front and 4 car 465 on the rear. Quite a few people get off and a few get on, one rather intoxicated gentleman gets off the 465 intending to get on the 466 (I don't know why) but before he gets to the 466 the doors close, it probably wouldn't have been obvious to the guard that he intended to get back on again. He is standing leaning against the side of the train pushing the button and wondering why the doors wouldn't open, despite this the guard gives the starting signal and the train starts moving. What immediately crossed my mind was the incident at James Street in Liverpool a few years ago. Fortunately on this occasion another passenger ushers the drunk away from the train and sits him down on a bench and tells him there will be another train shortly.
The guard was at the rear of the train and may not have seen the incident clearly, it was dark and rather murky. Shouldn't the guard have been at the front of the 465, which seems to be normal practice, where he would have seen the incident clearly and wouldn't have been looking down six coaches?
No harm done on this occasion but I couldn't help thinking what might have happened.