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Title: Man in tree at Charlton leads Southeastern trains to halt service - 13 Aug 2014 Post by: Chris from Nailsea on August 13, 2014, 16:56:49 From the BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-28775243):
Quote Man in tree leads Southeastern trains to halt service A suspected burglar who climbed up a tree to evade police has caused disruption to commuters in London. The fugitive climbed the tree near Charlton station, south-east London, after being tracked by officers and a police helicopter. British Transport Police (BTP) have been trying to persuade the man to come down from the tree near Barney Close. However, rail operator Southeastern said it was too dangerous to continue running trains in the area. A BTP spokesman said: "The man is currently still on the scene, and specialist officers are talking to him in order to resolve the situation." It is understood the man ran off following an attempted burglary at a retail park at about 02:00 BST. Southeastern said it was not safe to run services while the man was refusing to come down. A spokeswoman said: "Clearly, while this person remains in the tree, which overhangs the line that runs into London, it wouldn't be safe for us to run trains in the area." After the initial closure the train operator was able to run trains out of London. Title: Re: Man in tree at Charlton leads Southeastern trains to halt service - 13 Aug 2014 Post by: TaplowGreen on August 13, 2014, 17:00:19 .....never a chainsaw handy when you need one is there? ;)
Title: Re: Man in tree at Charlton leads Southeastern trains to halt service - 13 Aug 2014 Post by: Chris from Nailsea on August 13, 2014, 17:17:32 Flamethrower ... Taser ... nothing too extreme, obviously. ;) :D ;D
Title: Re: Man in tree at Charlton leads Southeastern trains to halt service - 13 Aug 2014 Post by: JayMac on August 13, 2014, 17:38:58 Disruption would have been somewhat less if this was on a branch line.
This incident should really have occurred at Manningtree. :P ;) ;D Title: Re: Man in tree at Charlton leads Southeastern trains to halt service - 13 Aug 2014 Post by: stuving on August 13, 2014, 17:41:20 Flamethrower ... Taser ... nothing too extreme, obviously. ;) :D ;D So what does a Taser do to a tree? Title: Re: Man in tree at Charlton leads Southeastern trains to halt service - 13 Aug 2014 Post by: Chris from Nailsea on August 13, 2014, 17:46:16 Taser would actually be my preferred option: it wouldn't harm the poor tree at all, but it would make the miscreant release his grip and drop into the no doubt outstretched handcuffs of the British Transport Police officers waiting below. ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Man in tree at Charlton leads Southeastern trains to halt service - 13 Aug 2014 Post by: TaplowGreen on August 13, 2014, 20:02:10 Taser would actually be my preferred option: it wouldn't harm the poor tree at all, but it would make the miscreant release his grip and drop into the no doubt outstretched handcuffs of the British Transport Police officers waiting below. ;D ;D ;D ...........they'd have to be quick and put their donuts and cups of tea down or he'd get away ;D Title: Re: Man in tree at Charlton leads Southeastern trains to halt service - 13 Aug 2014 Post by: trainer on August 13, 2014, 22:51:38 Another reason to cut foliage well away from the line. Wouldn't have happened in steam days.
Title: Re: Man in tree at Charlton leads Southeastern trains to halt service - 13 Aug 2014 Post by: JayMac on August 14, 2014, 01:13:40 In steam days he'd've shinned up a telegraph pole instead. :P
Title: Re: Man in tree at Charlton leads Southeastern trains to halt service - 13 Aug 2014 Post by: SDS on August 14, 2014, 06:00:59 Taser would actually be my preferred option: it wouldn't harm the poor tree at all, but it would make the miscreant release his grip and drop into the no doubt outstretched handcuffs of the British Transport Police officers waiting below. ;D ;D ;D ...........they'd have to be quick and put their donuts and cups of tea down or he'd get away ;D Which would never happen. Anyway what were BTP doing out of the safety and warmth of their offices/cars so early in the morning? Title: Re: Man in tree at Charlton leads Southeastern trains to halt service - 13 Aug 2014 Post by: TaplowGreen on August 14, 2014, 06:51:13 In steam days he'd've shinned up a telegraph pole instead. :P ........in those days they'd have left the bugger up there to take his chances and kept the trains going rather than inconveniencing thousands, and quite right too! ;D Title: Re: Man in tree at Charlton leads Southeastern trains to halt service - 13 Aug 2014 Post by: ChrisB on August 14, 2014, 10:38:10 He'd have got a singed a*se every time a steam train passed underneath :-)
Title: Re: Man in tree at Charlton leads Southeastern trains to halt service - 13 Aug 2014 Post by: Chris from Nailsea on August 15, 2014, 23:17:32 From the BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-28800905):
Quote 'Tree fugitive' accused due in court (http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/76927000/jpg/_76927526_76925554.jpg) A man who climbed a tree near Charlton station in south-east London caused Southeastern to halt some of its services trains A man who was found up a tree by police hunting a suspected burglar in south-east London is due in court later. Trains through Woolwich and Greenwich were disrupted on Wednesday after the man spent 17 hours up the tree near Charlton station. Carlton Andre, 36, of no fixed address, has been charged with burglary, obstructing the police, obstructing the railway and driving offences. He will appear at Bexley Magistrates' Court later. Title: Re: Man in tree at Charlton leads Southeastern trains to halt service - 13 Aug 2014 Post by: phile on August 16, 2014, 09:50:42 There is nothing in Health and Safety Legislation to say trains should have been stopped or in the manner in which the incident as a whole was dealt with. Many rail passengers were inconvenienced for a significant length of time. The problem now is that too many people make up their own H&S Legislation as a means of replacing common sense.
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