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Tube driven wrong way along tunnel
A bungling Tube train driver drove the wrong way along a tunnel and came to within just 20 metres of crashing into another train during rush hour.
The incident took place last June on the Northern Line near Camden Town, where the northbound line branches off towards Edgware and High Barnet. Both trains were filled with rush-hour commuters.
The driver, who was taking over from a colleague, got into the cab at the wrong end of the train, despite warnings from passengers, and began travelling back along the tunnel it had come from - which had a stop sign at its entrance.
He travelled 108 metres along the tunnel and only braked when he saw another train 20 metres away, according to the report by the Rail Accident Investigation Board (RAIB). He was later sacked.
Councillor Brian Coleman, who is also London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden, said: "This incident was down to the pure
incompetence of London Underground which had not put the basic safety measures in place to prevent this
happening.
"The RAIB has made a raft of recommendations which must be accepted."
London Underground will introduce better staff training in an effort to ensure similar incidents do not occur in the future.
5:54pm Wednesday 19th March 2008
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CommentPosted by: Numby on 7:52pm Thu 20 Mar 08
Betcha Brian Coleman is a Tory and tries anything to discredit whatever Labour and Ken a connection with. Read the RAIB report (http://www.raib.gov
.uk/home/index.cfm) which
A) gives the cause as an unlikely combination of circumstances, including the unforeseen effect of "locking" train controls for safety when a driver could not hand over to his replacement face to face which was impossible as the two drivers swapped trains that were at different platforms. and
B) despite BC's terrier-like yapping (as his master Cameron) the RAIB report says:
"Our investigations are entirely independent and are focused solely on safety improvement - we do not apportion blame or liability"
Betcha Brian Coleman is a Tory and tries anything to discredit whatever Labour and Ken a connection with. Read the RAIB report (http://www.raib.gov
.uk/home/index.cfm) which
A) gives the cause as an unlikely combination of circumstances, including the unforeseen effect of "locking" train controls for safety when a driver could not hand over to his replacement face to face which was impossible as the two drivers swapped trains that were at different platforms. and
B) despite BC's terrier-like yapping (as his master Cameron) the RAIB report says:
"Our investigations are entirely independent and are focused solely on safety improvement - we do not apportion blame or liability"
Posted by: Numby on 8:02pm Thu 20 Mar 08
Sorry add a "have". And LU has already changed the rules to stop similar circumstances having the same effect.
Sorry add a "have". And LU has already changed the rules to stop similar circumstances having the same effect.
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