Delays before doors open on SWT

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Delays before doors open on SWT

« on: August 14, 2011, 20:16:14 »

On the class 450's and possibly others operated by SWT^▸ why does there seem to be a long delay between the train stopping and the door buttons activating?


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paul7575

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Re: Delays before doors open on SWT

« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2011, 20:24:53 »

The agreed operating procedure is that the guard opens his door first, checks the whole of the train is at the platform, and then releases the rest of the doors. The guards do this quite religiously AFAICT^▸ , having watched the procedure from outside the train a few times, but I think it only takes them about 10 secs, although it does seem much longer.

Paul


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6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01

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Re: Delays before doors open on SWT

« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2011, 21:10:21 »

i only noticed the same thing this week..... i think its when your in a rush to get home that you notice :-p


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devon_metro

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« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2011, 23:03:56 »

Health and Safety really.

Remarkable to think that doors were once only held closed by a latch.


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ellendune

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Re: Delays before doors open on SWT

« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2011, 23:39:29 »

When BR^▸ was under pressur to justify spending money on ATP^▸ to reduce SPADS, they came up with using the ratio of cost per life saved. When they did this they found that there were a significant number of fatalities from passengers falling from incorrectly closed doors and that fitting door locks on Mk3 slam door coaches produced the highest return. So it is not just madness.


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6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01

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Re: Delays before doors open on SWT

« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2011, 19:38:37 »

i know we have previously spoke about the program on the forum however after reading this post yesterday i watched the old inside story documentary on youtube where you see what happened before the automated doors came in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-peIDOiTt8&feature=mh_lolz&list=PL3A42502913F9BAFC

i have put it into a playlist for anyone wanting to watch it all


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adc82140

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Re: Delays before doors open on SWT

« Reply #6 on: August 21, 2011, 21:02:37 »

Secret is to get off at the same doors the guard uses- gives you a good head start to the ticket barriers and thence towards the car-park exit.


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Re: Delays before doors open on SWT

« Reply #7 on: August 21, 2011, 21:25:26 »

does not really apply at whimple :-p mind you there is a very long wait for the doors at whimple if you ignore the request to use the front three carriages Grin


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