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Post by uzairjubilee on May 23, 2009 19:36:27 GMT
Hi all.
I was on a train to Wimbledon today at Earl's Court. Doors closed, then train started, but stopped all of a sudden like 2 seconds after. I thought it was someone who pulled the PEA.
The driver made an announcement about 45 seconds later saying that a member of staff will be with you shortly.
Does anyone know what happened?
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Post by Colin on May 23, 2009 19:48:51 GMT
Certainly sounds like a PEA (Passenger Emergency Alarm).... We had quite a few in the central area today - a sign of the warmer weather perhaps?  |
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Post by uzairjubilee on May 24, 2009 9:17:39 GMT
I guess I didnt phrase it well.
I meant to say why the person pulled the PEA
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Post by Phil on May 24, 2009 10:17:20 GMT
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Just like PUTs, we don't allow that sort of information to be disclosed since it's likely to be personal. Sorry, but that's the way the rules are here.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2009 11:48:25 GMT
ADMINJust like PUTs, we don't allow that sort of information to be disclosed since it's likely to be personal. Sorry, but that's the way the rules are here. It's unlikely to have been anything interesting anyway! We get dozens of them every day. For the most part they are accidental or malicious operations, the low down handle by the wheelchair area is ideally placed for small hands wandering from push chairs  occasionally some dope pulls it just to ask a travel question !!!  Even so the procedure must be followed and the handle will need to be rest by the driver (if in station limits at that location, if not, at the next station) |
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Post by Tomcakes on May 24, 2009 13:36:32 GMT
ADMINJust like PUTs, we don't allow that sort of information to be disclosed since it's likely to be personal. Sorry, but that's the way the rules are here. It's unlikely to have been anything interesting anyway! We get dozens of them every day. For the most part they are accidental or malicious operations, the low down handle by the wheelchair area is ideally placed for small hands wandering from push chairs occasionally some dope pulls it just to ask a travel question !!! Even so the procedure must be followed and the handle will need to be rest by the driver (if in station limits at that location, if not, at the next station) Perhaps a solution might be similar to the guards seen on some fire points - i.e. you have to lift up a transparent plastic cover in order to pull the communication cord. The act of lifting the cover sounds some loud buzzer in the area, deterring troublecausers or in the case of kids allowing their parents to drag them away. |
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Post by Chris M on May 24, 2009 14:45:10 GMT
on the S stock mockup, the low-level alarm in the wheel-chair area requires someone to lift a plastic cover (hinged parallel to the window) before pushing down on the alarm button. I'm not aware though that the position of the plastic cap is linked to anything though.
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Post by happybunny on May 24, 2009 15:26:34 GMT
A programme is currently in operation (well so I am told, haven't seen any evidence of it yet) to install a plastic clear cover over all PEA handles on D Stock, to avoid accidental operation!
The same programme will provide intruder alarm on all D Stocks, and modifying the drivers J Door so no liquids can go underneath.
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Post by Tom on May 24, 2009 16:31:59 GMT
on the S stock mockup, the low-level alarm in the wheel-chair area requires someone to lift a plastic cover (hinged parallel to the window) before pushing down on the alarm button. Oh yes, the bit that reminded me of a toilet seat. |
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Post by uzairjubilee on May 24, 2009 19:14:07 GMT
Okay.
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Post by maxtube on May 25, 2009 19:01:30 GMT
;D ;D ;D Oh no! The PIS says we're going to Upminster, but I want Upminster Bridge! <pull> |
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2009 19:33:13 GMT
Oh no! The PIS says we're going to Upminster, but I want Upminster Bridge! <pull> On the A line of Paris RER, we have often a similar situation: during the evening peak, one train out of two on the branch to Saint Germain en Laye, runs (or is supposed to!) non-stop through two stations. The first of them serves a area with problems (...) and has an exit at the very back of the platform: people wanting to get out there take any train, and if it is a fast one, pull the alarm within braking distance of the station, get off the train when stopped at "their" station and disappear through (or more likely over) the gates! Practical result, the driver has to go to the last coach, to reset the alarm and to come back to his cab (2*225m = 450m, more than 5mn) following trains are of course blocked!! A driver told me once: "I knew it was not an actual emergency, of course I thought of ignoring it, but that's not allowed!" Some times, Transport police wait for these people... not often enough! |
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Post by uzairjubilee on May 25, 2009 19:39:08 GMT
I didnt know that there were so many accidental alarms during the day!
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Post by Oracle on May 25, 2009 20:12:19 GMT
Referring to Lighe A, I first travelled on it in the early 1970s when we stayed with my friend's aunt in Le Parc de St-Maur. That was the first time I ever came across note-readers. I think the £ was FF13 then!
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2009 21:57:12 GMT
(Probably off-topic) I remember when I had my first stays in Britain to (try to) learn English, in mid 60s, the pound was 14 francs! it has slowly decreased to 7 (!), went up back to 10~11, and is now around 1.1 € which is around 7,5 francs
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occasionally some dope pulls it just to ask a travel question !!! 
