Sex on a train. Was I harsh

[route:oxford]

Railway Byelaw 6(2):

Does that mean torrid intimacy is prohibited in a sleeper cabin?

 

[Nym]

Well you know. Share and share alike !!
I didn't know till they come out. For all I know it could have been Susan Boyle in there

No-one would be sharing mine, and I don't think many on here would want to...

Anyway, I recon you where right to spoil their fun...

Although what wold you have done if you'd have caught someone at it in the saloon or vestibule?

 

[Royston Vasey]

I've got a call for you, it's Robin Askwith... he wants to play you in Confessions of a Train Driver!

 

[Failed Unit]

You were wrong - you should have got the gaurd to open it

*failed unit has a sick sense of humour.

 

[PR1Berske]

The Sexual Offences Act 2006 is your friend here, you could have shopped them to the BTP

 

[Bevan Price]

Pity there are no longer any non-corridor compartment coaches ?

 

[ChiefPlanner]

On the other hand , it could have been far worse than "afternoon delight" or whatever.

Not appropriate behaviour in my opinion.

 

[Zoe]

Pity there are no longer any non-corridor compartment coaches ?

No, they were not a safe environment to travel in.

 

[SS4]

A George Takei impression would have been amusing
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[Failed Unit]

No, they were not a safe environment to travel in.

Perception of some rather than reality. Did you ever see a report from the BTP saying crime was higher?

If is like all these parents driving kids to school because it is unsafe to walk!

 

[ainsworth74]

Perception of some rather than reality. Did you ever see a report from the BTP saying crime was higher?

Weren't there a few murders and rapes in non-corridor stock?

 

[Zoe]

Perception of some rather than reality. Did you ever see a report from the BTP saying crime was higher?

There were some very serious incidents and I'd rather not subject anyone to the possibility of them occuring regardless of how rare they may be.

 

[ralphchadkirk]

Perception of some rather than reality. Did you ever see a report from the BTP saying crime was higher?

If is like all these parents driving kids to school because it is unsafe to walk!

Weren't there a few murders and rapes in non-corridor stock?

Yes, there were, and some quite nasty murders as well.

 

[newbie babs]

I would not have stopped them having sex.

 

[NY Yankee]

I know the government/police guidelines for seeing 2 people in the act in a public place is to ignore it, try not to look and move it..so ideally should be the same concept here

I thought Europeans were liberal about intimacy. I didn't expect this to be a big deal. Don't people have sex on the Tube?

 

[ChiefPlanner]

Yes, there were, and some quite nasty murders as well.

A particulary bad one on an Orpington - London service with a 4EPB one afternoon , and in the last days of this stock , attempts were made to keep them off off peak services , and a red stripe (nowt to do with refreshment facilities) applied to highlight the non corridor compartments.

Not a joke , as you never knew (a) what you would find in those compartments (b) who you would end up meeting in them

The Victorians had concern about them , never mind the recent past.

(a good number of suburban workings from the 1970's had them removed - the condition of the 501 sets on the Euston/Watford and NLL services before the compartments were opened up to saloons proved this - never have I seen such vandalism bar the NYC subway in its lowest years)

 

[Ivo]

Trust XC Driver to make a thread about this :roll:

I have to say, I think you were right to do so. If nothing else, it isn't fair to make others wait to use the toilet for something like this. The excuse "there's more than one" doesn't count in my opinion; supposing more than one person requires the toilet?

 

[Failed Unit]

A particulary bad one on an Orpington - London service with a 4EPB one afternoon , and in the last days of this stock , attempts were made to keep them off off peak services , and a red stripe (nowt to do with refreshment facilities) applied to highlight the non corridor compartments.

Not a joke , as you never knew (a) what you would find in those compartments (b) who you would end up meeting in them

The Victorians had concern about them , never mind the recent past.

(a good number of suburban workings from the 1970's had them removed - the condition of the 501 sets on the Euston/Watford and NLL services before the compartments were opened up to saloons proved this - never have I seen such vandalism bar the NYC subway in its lowest years)

Didn't realise it was that bad, makes you wonder why the 442s had then as built.

 

[Bald Rick]

I'd have let them carry on.

But if they lit up a post-coital fag, I would have thrown the book at them. Disgusting behaviour.

 

[317666]

Didn't realise it was that bad, makes you wonder why the 442s had then as built.

The 442s had corridor compartments though, which are much safer as you could always move down the train to a different compartment. The 4-EPBs had non-corridor compartments, so once you were in a compartment the only way to move to a different one is outside of the train whilst it's stopped at a station.

 

[calc7]

I'd have let them carry on.

But if they lit up a post-coital fag, I would have thrown the book at them. Disgusting behaviour.

like it.

 

[Lampshade]

It seems the general opinion was I was right then. Did feel bad at the time for spoiling their fun. The girl was pretty hot though. Wouldn't have minded a go myself !!

The awkward moment when one or both of them stumble across this

 

[Chapeltom]

If it had been me on that train walking past, I'd have had a wry smile on my face and not bothered doing anything about it, and if with mates tell them and let it spread around the carriage

 

[317666]

If it had been me on that train walking past, I'd have had a wry smile on my face and not bothered doing anything about it, and if with mates tell them and let it spread around the carriage

Or over the PA: "Could the couple in the toilet in Coach B please refrain from..."

 

[richw]

If is like all these parents driving kids to school because it is unsafe to walk!

I hate to think this may be true, I've been driving to work rather than train the last month or so, and during the easter holidays my commute was cut by about 20 mins simply because there was so little traffic about at 8am! point proven really!

 

[185]

So my question is. Right or wrong. Should I have just let them carry on. Or was I right to put a stop to it

In 2005, middle coach of a 3-car 158, 2am out of Leeds. I went through the train, entered the front coach (empty, bar two people), and asked for tickets. The tickets were handed to me, I clipped them and seconds later continued to the front cab to chat to a mate.

Sorry, I failed to mention the two people in the front car were going at it, and chose not to stop for a ticket check.

Driver almost crashed train when I told him, within seconds he was out the seat and looking through the peep hole in the cab door.

 

[yorksrob]

The 442s had corridor compartments though, which are much safer as you could always move down the train to a different compartment. The 4-EPBs had non-corridor compartments, so once you were in a compartment the only way to move to a different one is outside of the train whilst it's stopped at a station.

It should also be pointed out that by the late 80's/early 90's, the vast majority of non-corridoor compartment carriages on EPB's had been withdrawn, refurbed into saloons or swapped into peak-only COM stock.

 

[Butts]

Pity there are no longer any non-corridor compartment coaches ?

Yes I remember them well - you have to bear in mind not many young lads had cars and an "overnight" in the parental home was a pipedream.

It's amazing what you could achieve between Winchester and Eastleigh

The best ones were the slam doors with individual bench facing seating - at night you were often able to bag an unoccupied one to yourself. (should say yourselves !!)

Oh and the "end of activity" ciggies was quite legal then - even if what went before was not

 

[ATW Alex 101]

lol made my nite i would be a bit peed off if you did that to me though!

sent from my samsung tocco lite

 

[mirodo]

I thought Europeans were liberal about intimacy. I didn't expect this to be a big deal.

The Europeans may well be; we're British.