Train driver forgets to stop at a station

Slightly amusing this a story of a train driver who just simply forgot to stop at the train station
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/train-driver-gives-best-excuse-8520716

Slightly amusing this a story of a train driver who just simply forgot to stop at the train station
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/train-driver-gives-best-excuse-8520716

Was ist die Logik behind da?

Your guess as good as mine.

Possbily might have something to do with pasenger safety and trying to alight at a station with no platform because of overrun.

Well yes. If you overrun a station by more than the first set of doors* you obviously can't open the doors as it's potentially very dangerous.

I'm not sure about getting in more trouble for overrunning than not stopping though.

If you overrun you just blame it on the brakes.


I actually overran Terminal 4 at Heathrow because I picked up a train at Acton and the driver didn't ******* tell me it had weak brakes.

The run in to Terminal 4 is the fastest section on the Piccadilly line (along with Oakwood -Southgate southbound) and I was in the habit of bombing down at about 65 mph and then dropping the handle the second I saw light about 800 metres ahead.

Until this one train simply didn't stop !! I sailed through the station about 4 cars I reckon. I opened the cab door for some reason,hoping against hope it was just half a car I think, and I saw the passengers standing with their luggage facing the dark tunnel waiting for the doors to open,lol.

I had to announce that I'd overshot the station which was embarrassing but obviously I couldn't say that the train had **** brakes and it wasn't my fault .

The worse thing was that the passengers for Terminal 4 had to go round a very long loop to Heathrow 123 and then get another train back so I get a ********** for that.

*the first set of doors on a tube train can be isolated by the driver so as not to open for just such an eventuality and in case of a short platform at some stations.

I should mention I wasn't specifically refering to Tube Trains or the Underground.

A driver of the overground commuter trains told me about it a while ago.

Interesting info about the isolation of the first set of doors. These little operation details are always interesting.

Ok,cool.

If you're a bit of a train buff you might understand my bafflement with the classic 1973 movie The Taking of Pelham 123.

The whole plot rests on the idea that it's not easy to overcome the deadmans handle feature on underground trains in New York.

But on the tube we just used to hang our bags over the handle to keep it down.

I don't know why the crooks couldn't have done that instead of the complicated thing they did. Either the handles on the New York subway must be weirdly shaped or it was a blatant liberty by the scriptwriters.

I've just bought the really good novel the films based on so perhaps that will explain it. I could google it of course but I will wait til I get to the relevant part of the book I think.

Edit I don't think the passengers could get into the cab

I'd understand request stops in wales but forgetting to stop on the tube, i bet they have strong words coming from their boss.

Because Welsh people's time is less valuable?

Nope because those particular lines only have 4 to 8 trains a day. Some stations in the far north and west of Scotland are like that too, passengers on the station have to signal to the approaching train, or passengers wishing to get off have to inform the guard.

It's not just trains, it's all sorts. I often think "well how do they deal with this or that, what system is in place to get around this problem or that problem" ... "I wonder if they thought of doing this or they could have done that."


Good film though.

lol, such a carefully made safety system defeated by a bag. Well, I guess you've got to make it so that it doesn't irritate the driver otherwise I don't blame them for looking for cheap ways to bypass it.

Because Welsh people's time is less valuable?

If they only have 4-8 trains then I would imagine it is a much longer wait for the next one as opposed to a tube that comes every 5 minutes.

I was a tube driver years ago and I made my fair share of mistakes.

On my very first day on my own I picked up a Piccadilly line train at Acton on a Bank Holiday going to Heathrow. I thought,"OK let's make sure we don't **** up on our first day so let's do everything slowly and smoothly . It's a Bank Holiday so no need to rush."

So I very carefully looked in the platform mirror,established that everyone was safely on board ,double checked the signal was green,closed the doors and moved off smoothly.

I approached South Ealing and started gently breaking from a good way out so that I glided to a smooth stop dead on the stopping mark (found on the track).

I double checked what side the platform was on before opening the doors and gave about 30 passengers plenty of time to get off. There was no one waiting to get on so I then closed the doors and glided off towards nearby Northfields.

Northfields was just as competently dealt with and so in good spirits I set off on a somewhat scenic journey towards Hounslow and then underground to Heathrow.

However just as I was approaching the next station I heard another driver contact the line controller on the radio and say,

"Hello Controller,this is train 213 on the Picc Eastbound. I've just passed through South Ealing and there seems to be a load of passengers on the station who can't get out"

Yep. I'd forgotten that South Ealing used to close on Bank Holidays .