Reducing incidents of drunken accidents at stations

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Reducing incidents of drunken accidents at stations

« on: March 31, 2015, 14:32:38 »

Interesting piece on something I've seen (nearly) happen on many an occasion:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/11506328/Japanese-rail-operator-finds-drunk-passengers-fall-onto-tracks-because-of-parallel-benches.html

The other common thing is for drunk people to get off a train and to over-correct their forward momentum and end up falling back towards the train!


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Re: Reducing incidents of drunken accidents at stations

« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2015, 14:56:34 »

Or jumping up & down near the edge of the platform, losing one's wallet/phone in the process, jumping onto the tracks to retrieve, being hauled up by your (drunk) brother & both not getting clear before the train arrives?

cf Old Street Tube, Sunday.


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Re: Reducing incidents of drunken accidents at stations

« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2015, 18:40:26 »

I regularly see people who are roaring drunk on trains - I appreciate it's difficult to stop at smaller stations, but surely at Reading (for example) BTP^▸ /staff can deny entrance to the station?

Similarly at Paddington, can't they stop people getting through the ticket gates if they are hammered on drink/drugs?


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« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2015, 20:35:02 »

In all but truly extreme cases, the priority of station staff seems to be to get drunks onto trains so that they become someone else's problem.


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« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2015, 21:01:02 »

I've noticed posters popping up in Cornwall about thinking how much you drink before rail travel, with a number stating how many injuries have happened on the railway due to drink


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Re: Reducing incidents of drunken accidents at stations

« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2015, 21:34:39 »

Quote from: broadgage on April 09, 2015, 20:35:02

In all but truly extreme cases, the priority of station staff seems to be to get drunks onto trains so that they become someone else's problem.

I am aware of one recent case where BTP^▸ did a bargain with one person who was causing problems while "in drink". If he promised to button it, he could travel the 15 minutes to his destination. Not sure what the train crew felt about it.


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