The guard/drivers local door is not part of the traction interlock system on 455s, 507s, 508s and possibly 313s, 314s and 315s.
You will also note it is normally the left hand door only (as the driver sits), therefore there is very little turbulence as trains pass to the right hand side, and does not cause reports from passing trains of door openwhy is this allowed? i often see hst drivers speeding past with the drivers door open. seems dangerous
As I believe is the case on 150s and 220s / 221s (and 222s?).
You best not visit Egypt you will have a H&S overload. I have just returned and most passenger trains run with both doors and windows open (if they are not missing). My 8 year old daughter nearly blew a fuse when our steward opened the door about a mile out of the station. He then thought he had done the wrong side so opened the other side before realising he was right the first time.why is this allowed? i often see hst drivers speeding past with the drivers door open. seems dangerous
The guard/drivers local door is not part of the traction interlock system on 455s, 507s, 508s and possibly 313s, 314s and 315s.
Is the power operated door on 150/2s not interlocked? I must say i've never seen a guard shut it after the train has departed or open it before the trains arrived at the station and I'm sure you hear the brakes release after it closes.
150/1s,507s and 508s have seen the door opened many times before arrival.
On the GN inner suburban (fcc to moorgate) it is accepted commuter practice on wedged trains to use the rear and middle cabs. Note that the 313 and 315 were actually built for this to be a standing area and were officially used thus in the early days (I assume not leading cab), and I mean the large vestibule not the bit within that where the driver sits.
Anyway, I was once in there and needed to alight Highbury. Alighting involves manually opening the cab door which is pretty heavy. Anyway, I thought I'd get it partly open whilst still in the tunnel. The train did an emergency brake.
Right let's get this straight now, the vestibule area of a 313 cab is NOT FOR PASSENGER use, the fact u seem to think its okay to force a set of doors on the move is Outragous, to put it bluntly you are a danger to yourself and others.
Rest assured if you ever pull that stunt on one of my services you will be explaining yourself to the BTP
Maybe if hST's get power doors some aircon could be included for the driver, although an accident is unlikely it makes sense to reduce risk, and increase driver comfort.
On the GN inner suburban (fcc to moorgate) it is accepted commuter practice on wedged trains to use the rear and middle cabs. Note that the 313 and 315 were actually built for this to be a standing area and were officially used thus in the early days (I assume not leading cab), and I mean the large vestibule not the bit within that where the driver sits.
I was gonna ask something like this, as a few weeks ago I saw from a Virgin 221 at Chester a Mersyrail guard open his door well before the train had stopped. I thought as they were powered doors some sort of interlocking prevented this from happening.
Adam
Aren't some doors seperate from the cab? ie. on a 66, the door is further back from the cab suggesting there is another door from the corridoor into the cab, sort of like a deltic?