Call for rail safety review as overcrowding worsens

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[Timmer]

From BBC^» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11748499

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^▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) warned that overcrowding on trains in England and Wales would get substantially worse over the next four years, despite rises in ticket prices.

[Chris from Nailsea]

There is now also a video report, from the BBC^» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page), at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11749501

[JayMac]

Nice to see the reference to cattle again, from Bob Crow. It's been a while.