| Re: Blood-stained trespasser boards empty HEX train before accessing cab Posted by IndustryInsider at 09:43, 17th November 2025 |     |
In my humble opinion, and of course not being in full possession of the details, the ability for the driver’s internal door to be forced open represents a critical design flaw issue comparable with that of aircraft cockpit access.
That the passenger has achieved this apparently without specific tools nor a more motivated, terrorist mindset is even more concerning. In my opinion.
That the passenger has achieved this apparently without specific tools nor a more motivated, terrorist mindset is even more concerning. In my opinion.
It would be nigh on impossible to access the cab through the interior door if it was locked shut without some very heavy equipment and tools - the design is very robust when compared, for example, with a turbo.
Agree about not being in possession of the full details, but if a train is running empty, perhaps the internal door had been left open for ease of access by the driver when they were expecting to go back through the train at some point, or had been unlocked when the driver went to investigate the loss of interlock? They should have been the only person on board of course.
| Re: Blood-stained trespasser boards empty HEX train before accessing cab Posted by NickB at 09:03, 17th November 2025 | |
In my humble opinion, and of course not being in full possession of the details, the ability for the driver’s internal door to be forced open represents a critical design flaw issue comparable with that of aircraft cockpit access.
That the passenger has achieved this apparently without specific tools nor a more motivated, terrorist mindset is even more concerning. In my opinion.
| Blood-stained trespasser boards empty HEX train before accessing cab Posted by ChrisB at 18:41, 14th November 2025 | |
Put here as no board for HEX services, and now operated by GWR under contract, not TfL.
From Rail magazine
An investigation has been launched after a blood-stained trespasser managed to board an empty Heathrow Express train.
A London Paddington-Reading depot empty stock movement made up to two Class 387s was held at a red signal by Southall East Junction shortly at approximately 2347 on Saturday November 8 due to reports of a trespasser.
It’s understood the trespasser then managed to force open a door before climbing in with the subsequent loss of interlocking alerting the driver.
He then made his way through the train to the front, pushing passenger alarms, eventually accessing the cab. It was reported he was covered in blood and said people were going to kill him.
The driver, unable to calm the man, struggled to leave the cab and was said to be fearing for his life, concerned about the man’s intentions. The reasons for the trespasser to have blood on him are unknown.
A London Paddington-Reading depot empty stock movement made up to two Class 387s was held at a red signal by Southall East Junction shortly at approximately 2347 on Saturday November 8 due to reports of a trespasser.
It’s understood the trespasser then managed to force open a door before climbing in with the subsequent loss of interlocking alerting the driver.
He then made his way through the train to the front, pushing passenger alarms, eventually accessing the cab. It was reported he was covered in blood and said people were going to kill him.
The driver, unable to calm the man, struggled to leave the cab and was said to be fearing for his life, concerned about the man’s intentions. The reasons for the trespasser to have blood on him are unknown.
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Horrendous
