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« on: September 14, 2017, 13:03:09 »

A freight train was hijacked in the early hours of this morning (Thursday) while stationary in Legionowo, a town in the Warsaw region. The hijacker knocked on the locomotive door wanting to be let in but the driver refused. He then climbed on the roof, fell off (the report says he might have been electrocuted but it doesn't mention any injuries), then smashed the window, injuring the driver, and climbed into the cab. He threatened the driver with a "dangerous object" and forced him to drive off. The driver informed the signaller over the radio that he was moving, the train was directed into a siding and after about 1.5km the driver said he had to stop the train or they'd derail. The would-be hijacker ran off towards the station and was caught by police. No motive is given or speculated at but it does say he is being held in hospital having had blood tests for drugs and alcohol. He faces a potential jail sentence of up to eight years.

Report here, but it's in Polish so you'll just have to take my word for it Wink: http://metrowarszawa.gazeta.pl/metrowarszawa/7,141637,22370472,wdarl-sie-do-lokomotywy-zastraszyl-maszyniste-i-porwal-pociag.html#Czolka3Img
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« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2017, 13:11:58 »

numpties in Poland then too....
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« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2017, 14:13:37 »


Or we could read Google Translate ;-)

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On Thursday at 4:20 in the morning the Legionowo police received a report of the incident. To the locomotive of the freight train with 23 Gdansk-Pruszków coaches, who stopped at the Legionowo-Przystanek station, a man ran up. He started banging on the cockpit.

The driver did not want to let him in, the 35-year-old climbed onto the roof of the locomotive, and was most likely shocked by the current, falling from her. But it did not cool his enthusiasm, the man probably stoned the glass and broke in.

He threatened a dangerous object

As reported in the talk with Metrowarszawa.gazeta.pl podkom. Emilia Kuligowska from the Legion's command, 35-year-old from the province. Świętokrzyski threatened the driver with his death. He had a dangerous item with him - it was a stone.

The aggressor ordered the driver to continue. The radio reported the traffic on the line. The train was directed to the side track. About 1.5 km behind the station, the driver told the 35-year-old that he was not going because he was threatening to derail the train.

On drugs?

Then the man jumped out of the locomotive, ran to the track just before another train approached and escaped to the platforms of Legionowo-PKP Główny.

But the police were waiting for him there. Officers took the 35-year-old, was aggressive. He was taken to a hospital in Warsaw where his blood was examined for the presence of drugs and alcohol.

The driver was slightly injured

Illegal deprivation of liberty has been instituted, the threat of predetermined behavior and the direct threat of land disasters have been initiated. For all this, a 35-year-old can threaten up to eight years in prison.

The detainee stays in the hospital. The mechanic was slightly injured in the hands after pushing the windshield.

"Operation of the nightly service in Legionowo according to the procedure" - wrote in a statement Karol Jakubowski from PKP Polish Railway Lines. The PKP Polish Railway Lines service keeps in touch with the train drivers on the rail network in accordance with established procedures around the clock. This gives the opportunity for rapid response when police or rescue services are needed, "he added.
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« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2017, 15:10:47 »

That's not a bad translation for a machine!  Shocked Except it obviously has no concept of the passive voice (see the third from last paragraph), which inverts the meaning, and the original says the "dangerous object" might have been a stone, not definitely was.
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« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2017, 21:58:03 »

Hopefully this was a lone person suffering from poor mental health, or from drugs or alcohol misuse, and was hopefully not part of any wider conspiracy.
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A proper intercity train has a minimum of 8 coaches, gangwayed throughout, with first at one end, and a full sized buffet car between first and standard.
It has space for cycles, surfboards,luggage etc.
A 5 car DMU (Diesel Multiple Unit) is not a proper inter-city train. The 5+5 and 9 car DMUs are almost as bad.
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« Reply #5 on: September 15, 2017, 09:46:02 »

I think that's almost certainly the case. Still a bit scary for the driver, I'd imagine; although it sounds as if he handled the situation quite well.
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