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Topic ID 2504
12/02/2007 by Titus Groan
Broken down trains - Technical question
Sorry admin, this isn't particularly Hertford related...
...or maybe it is?
Why is it that when a train breaks down, you all get of the train, then it pulls out of the station! Seriously, does it run on auxiliary power? Is it a safety issue? or what?
TIA
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Reply ID 35660
12/02/2007 by jez_p
It is probably a "Health and Safety" issue - like a light bulb on the dashboard has gone, or perhaps the doors don't securely lock, or something trivial like that.
Reply ID 35663
12/02/2007 by Capitalist piglet
A few years ago I was stuck in the back of the last carriage of a train to Hertford North, early evening, minding my own business , reading the paper, as you do. I therefore failed to hear the announcement that the train would terminate at Cuffley due to “a defective train”. First I knew, it was pulling out of the station & I was staring (with some consternation to be honest[:0]) at a large group of less than gruntled & rapidly diminishing commuters on the Cuffley platform.
Got into Hertford (no stop at Bayford of course) no safety probs & no auxiliary power & ahead of schedule. For some reason Driver & platform staff rather surprised (& irritated) to see me.
PS If you were one of those annoyed commuters glaring at me as I disappeared up the line that day & have felt anger ever since.... maybe this will encourage closure…[:D]
Reply ID 36020
22/02/2007 by andleicester
I remember once my traain was cancelled as it was required for spares on another broken train!
Reply ID 36024
22/02/2007 by jez_p
A few years back I was on an electric train (bear with me - it is relevant) out of Liverpool Street that was diverted via Stratford to shunt another train that had broken down
Unfortunately it wasn't until our train rolled to a halt behind the other train, that they realised the reason it had broken down was a lack of electricity.
That was WAGN for you, apparently things still seem to be bad with One
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