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Title: 'Train door incident' on West Coast Main Line, 19 July 2011 Post by: Chris from Nailsea on October 20, 2011, 23:28:26 The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has released its bulletin regarding a train door incident on the West Coast Main Line, 19 July 2011.
See the RAIB website for details (http://www.raib.gov.uk/publications/bulletins/bulletins_2011/bulletin_06_2011.cfm). In summary: Quote On Tuesday 19 July 2011, shortly after train 1S94, the 17:57 hrs service from London Euston to Glasgow Central had begun its journey, one of the doors on the left-hand (looking in the direction of travel) side of the train came fully open. The train had just passed Wembley Central and was travelling at 109 mph (175 km/h) on the down fast line at the time. The train manager, who was checking that the door was secure when it opened, had to grab an adjacent handrail to stop himself falling out. He was shocked, but otherwise unhurt. No other persons were put at risk. The train^s brakes were applied automatically when the door opened, and it came to a stop near North Wembley station. Personal comment: I suspect the train manager then went off somewhere more private, in order to change his trousers ... :o This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |