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what are those doors at the end of each carriage ? do they open ?
and can you open them whilst the tube is moving ?

I've always been too scared to open one

Reply 61

Up quark

I have a question yo

You know at the gates, can you use your oyster before the gates close for the person in front of you... Nothing dodgy will happen if you use it before the gates close right

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Reply 62

Tanqueray91

Original post by Up quark

Yeh you can - the doors will gates will just stay open...

Just don't go through without scanning it - bad things will happen!

Reply 63

Up quark

Original post by mobbsy91

Yeh you can - the doors will gates will just stay open...

Just don't go through without scanning it - bad things will happen!

Ok, safe

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Reply 64

WelcomeToJ'sFreakShow

Original post by Déscartés

I do this regularly and I look around like :smug:

to see if anyone's acknowledged my achievement.

It's never acceptable to laugh if your by yourself know matter how funny whatever's on your phone. Apparently it's just weird.

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I do it often too. I get so pleased to see myself successfully holding on defenseless while others are fighting for their life and pride to stay stable. :biggrin:

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Reply 65

username402722

You must not say 'excuse me'.

Reply 66

miser

No eye contact. Unless you want to start a tube duel.

Reply 67

Tomsta

Never get on the tube in the early morning being really happy and chipper, people don't like it .... trust me

Reply 68

Tanqueray91

Original post by Tomsta

Never get on the tube in the early morning being really happy and chipper, people don't like it .... trust me

To be fair though - when people say good morning to me happily on the tube any time before 8am, i wouldnt have had my morning fix of coffee, and would probably still be nursing a hangover - so yeh, i don't appreciate it

Reply 69

Tomsta

Original post by mobbsy91

I'm a morning person and i bike to the station ergo i'm wide awake by like 7:30

Reply 70

Applescruff

If it's rush hour (which on the tube is pretty much always ) wear extra deodorant... Please...

Reply 71

Tanqueray91

Original post by Applescruff

If it's rush hour (which on the tube is pretty much always ) wear extra deodorant... Please...

Agreed... - this is an ABSOLUTE MUST. If you don't prepare to have a fallout zone around you - and although you get the extra few cm's of space, everyone knows why...

Reply 72

SnoochToTheBooch

Under no circumstances should you show a shred of humanity. No talking, no eye contact, sit as far apart as seating allows.

Reply 73

pippit

How about: not reading your newspaper in a crowded train during rush hour.

Reply 74

democracyforum

Original post by Tpx

Don't press the "door open" button when the train stops.

Yeah you can. Not meant to though. They're always unlocked in case of emergencies.

is there a chance you could fall down in between the tube ?

Reply 75

Jsouassou

Original post by Tpx

Well, I did do a little googling to check that I wasn't wrong, and I found this :eek:

: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2008728/Passenger-decapitated-tumbling-train-tried-secretly-smoke-cigarette.html

Anyway new trains on the circle line have continuous carriages, which is safer.

He's not a clever lad for trying to smoke on a train - could he not have waited 2 minutes to leave the train? *smh*

Reply 76

ForgetMe

Original post by prettyGirl101

how is that possible? go through the beep thing straight after the person in front?

Simply jumping over the gates, I've seen few guys doing that.

Reply 77

ForgetMe

Oh, let the passengers first off the train before boarding. Also, stand below the yellow line.. oh yes all I need is an idiot under the train so that I get late to work :erm:

(edited 9 years ago)

Reply 78

Déscartés

Original post by ForgetMe

Simply jumping over the gates, I've seen few guys doing that.

How can you do that and not get caught? I once saw I guy slide underneath one. Snaked him out cos I was pissed he was going free

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Reply 79

ForgetMe

Original post by Déscartés

How can you do that and not get caught? I once saw I guy slide underneath one. Snaked him out cos I was pissed he was going free

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They must be doing that when there are no staff at present. I once saw a guy jumping over the gate but did not bother to do anything because nothing would change. I've once reported a guy putting products into his backpack to shop floor staff and nothing happened, so not bothering anymore.

There's also such thing as unfinished journey, considering that they must have started their journey somewhere and then have incomplete journey by jumping over the gates. I believe they charge your Oyster for incomplete journeys unless you can claim your money back with online form if you have an account on Tfl website.
It happened to me few times either I've forgotten to touch onto pink reader for interchange journeys like switching from underground to overground or DLR and once because I went throughout the whole station several times and no pink reader was present :K: