I was on a pacer once, and we hit a cow - hell of a bang as we stopped instantly, no one was hurt but it shook us all up - the physical intensity of the sudden stop. That was just hitting a cow, I hate to think what crew and passengers ( customers?) go through with one of the more serious crashes. The cannon street buffer accident, the Mk1 type commuter stock overrode one another, the rear carriage smashing through the one in front. Modern coaches ( Monocox? or something) tend not to override like this,so safer?
I know what you mean with walk through trains - the thameslink ones are like this and the carriages just merge into one another - with only the rubber gangway surround ( and the twisting floor) to know there is even a distinction between one and the next. If there was a crash, I'm sure people could shoot from one end to the other- bouncing off the vertical hand holds on the way.
I know what you mean with walk through trains - the thameslink ones are like this and the carriages just merge into one another - with only the rubber gangway surround ( and the twisting floor) to know there is even a distinction between one and the next. If there was a crash, I'm sure people could shoot from one end to the other- bouncing off the vertical hand holds on the way.