TrainBoy98
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When I went up to Manchester on Saturday (went to Oldam on the new extension and saw some new trams) I noticed that they are quite far from the ground. Wouldnt this be a problem for evacuation as wheelchair users wouldnt be able to get out easily?
Later in the day I was headed back to Piccadilly and we were approching Shudehill. We stopped in the road and were informed that a tram in the station had broken down. A passenger kindly asked whether we were allowed to jump off and the driver asked control and they said yes. The driver then went to open the emergency doors. He tried 4 times to get them open but they wouldnt budge. Surely this is bad because had it been a real emergency we couldnt get out?
Once the tram ahead started moving again, we stopped and were held up by traffic lights. we overheard the convosation the driver had with control and appearently all the traffic lights had failed on gone to red to prevent accidents so no trams could move. Everyone started to move at a slow speed, does anyone know more details of what happend?
Later in the day I was headed back to Piccadilly and we were approching Shudehill. We stopped in the road and were informed that a tram in the station had broken down. A passenger kindly asked whether we were allowed to jump off and the driver asked control and they said yes. The driver then went to open the emergency doors. He tried 4 times to get them open but they wouldnt budge. Surely this is bad because had it been a real emergency we couldnt get out?
Once the tram ahead started moving again, we stopped and were held up by traffic lights. we overheard the convosation the driver had with control and appearently all the traffic lights had failed on gone to red to prevent accidents so no trams could move. Everyone started to move at a slow speed, does anyone know more details of what happend?