Cancellations due to trespassers

[221129]

And no catering on XC trains north of Edinburgh - wouldn’t have been much fun for anyone on that train.

There was catering on that train.

 

[43094]

Fairly major trespass incident - the person was there for 255 minutes, threatening to harm themselves.

A negotiator was brought to site, but due to the location, getting the person down against their will would have potentially had severe consequences.

Therefore, until the person had actually been taken away (approx 1420), it was right to say that delays would occur for some time, without necessarily being able to stipulate the specifics.

 

[Dr_Paul]

They should make the trespassers pay the resulting delay repay claims!

I don't know if that's a serious comment, but not all trespass incidents are kids messing about. I was on a train that was held at Barnes for half an hour whilst the police and South-Western staff dealt with someone who was wandering on the track between Barnes and Putney. The current was turned off and nothing was moving. Eventually the trespasser appeared at Barnes and was escorted along the platform and out of the station. She was a woman in her thirties (I guess), clearly distraught. To demand that someone who requires professional medical help pays up for disrupting services on the Windsor lines for several hours is pretty daft.

When the woman arrived at Barnes, the train's guard requested passengers not to make things worse by photographing her (as is the habit these days), which I thought was a good thing to ask.

 

[JN114]

Pay how exactly? The costs involved in a highly disruptive incident could easily amount to more than an individuals lifetime income? What if the person is unemployed?

 

[AM9]

... What if the person is unemployed?

Maybe the OP would send those away on National Service.

 

[trainophile]

It was a semi serious remark, as clearly someone has to bear the costs of large numbers of delay repay claims. However I acknowledge that it would depend on the circumstances, and someone displaying mental health problems would presumably not deliberately have decided to cause disruption.

However those idiots who take short cuts across the tracks, or similarly stupid behaviour, yes they should be held accountable in some way, as a deterrent to others as much as anything else.

 

[AM9]

It was a semi serious remark, as clearly someone has to bear the costs of large numbers of delay repay claims. However I acknowledge that it would depend on the circumstances, and someone displaying mental health problems would presumably not deliberately have decided to cause disruption.

However those idiots who take short cuts across the tracks, or similarly stupid behaviour, yes they should be held accountable in some way, as a deterrent to others as much as anything else.

If caught they are, - trespassing.