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Title: Call for rail safety review as overcrowding worsens Post by: Timmer on November 13, 2010, 07:11:44 From BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11748499
Quote Train passenger safety needs reviewing in light of warnings that overcrowding is set to get much worse, the chairwoman of a Commons committee says. Louise Ellman, who chairs the transport select committee, is calling for rail health and safety legislation to be looked at again. She said train passengers were often standing "for far too long". The Rail Safety and Standards Board, owned by the train operating companies, denied safety was being compromised. The body admitted overcrowding caused discomfort but insisted it did not affect passenger safety. Earlier this week, another committee of MPs warned that overcrowding on trains in England and Wales would get substantially worse over the next four years, despite rises in ticket prices. Title: Re: Call for rail safety review as overcrowding worsens Post by: Chris from Nailsea on November 13, 2010, 15:10:54 There is now also a video report, from the BBC, at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11749501
Title: Re: Call for rail safety review as overcrowding worsens Post by: JayMac on November 13, 2010, 18:21:20 Nice to see the reference to cattle again, from Bob Crow. It's been a while.
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