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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2014 17:03:48 GMT
I was standing at Fairlop OR at about 11:35-11:40 this morning when an Ealing train arrived from Hainault. When it stopped, immediately the T/Op got out and asked us to board the second car as the first was unsafe. All the doors naturally then opened - obviously he'd chosen to remain in service and merely ask people not to board car 1, rather than running empty or going through what I imagine is quite a hassle (if it's possible in this situation?) so that the doors in car 1 would not open. At every stop from then, if there were people waiting up the front of the train, there would be a short pause while the T/Op got up and out of the cab, asked people to move along and then opened all the doors. Sometimes he had to usher people off. This continued until Leytonstone where, predictably, we were met by a fitter (I assume that's what he was, a technician/mechanic of some kind of another). People were allowed to board car 1 while the fitter had a look behind one of the panels next to the ventilation grills (where an advert is usually displayed) before finally deciding to tape it up with yellow and black tape.
I know that's not much to go on, but I wonder if anyone has any suggestions as to what might've happened there.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2014 10:37:26 GMT
Once I found a video on YouTube that had a similar situation. When the driver opened the doors, only some opened. He had to close the doors and then open them again, but on the second attempt, all the doors opened as usual. I wonder why?
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Post by norbitonflyer on Oct 30, 2014 13:40:08 GMT
It was a similar situation (on a 1972 stock train on the Jubilee) which led to one of the two occasions I have had to pull the handle. The doors on my car failed to open at two successive stations, un-noticed by the crew, and at the second one people decided to use the emergency exits (R doors?) to get into the next car. While they were doing this the doors in the next car closed and the train moved off. As people were danger of falling between the cars I decided the train should be stopped.
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Post by Tubeboy on Oct 31, 2014 6:00:01 GMT
Defective air vents.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2014 7:42:30 GMT
Ta!  Do you know exactly what kind of problems this could cause? Because it seemed it was taken pretty seriously, with the front car out of bounds. Although it didn't appear from my extremely limited vantage point that much more was done than tape the door/hatch (not sure of the term really) up. Perhaps it was thought best to confirm before letting the civilians in  |
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Post by Tubeboy on Oct 31, 2014 15:28:41 GMT
I'm guessing the vent was loose and a temporary repair was done to keep it in service.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2014 15:31:13 GMT
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Post by hobbayne on Oct 31, 2014 16:40:11 GMT
There has also been a spate of black soot/dust being pumped out of the PV,s covering the seats and windows. I took one out of service last week for the self same thing.
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Post by Tomcakes on Oct 31, 2014 17:28:44 GMT
Presumably once the Fitter has attended and put some gaffer tape on it that means the driver is ok to continue, as it's been 'assessed' by someone so qualified, rather than by the driver himself? Perhaps we could invest in rolls of gaffer tape for each unit?  It was a similar situation (on a 1972 stock train on the Jubilee) which led to one of the two occasions I have had to pull the handle. The doors on my car failed to open at two successive stations, un-noticed by the crew, and at the second one people decided to use the emergency exits (R doors?) to get into the next car. While they were doing this the doors in the next car closed and the train moved off. As people were danger of falling between the cars I decided the train should be stopped. About 15 years ago I was on a '59 stock train in the second to last car, the doors of which failed to open. In this instance the guard shouted at people to go through the emergency doors to exit via his door. |
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