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11:43 Bedford to Brighton FCC train overshot Preston Park Station this morning.



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Deleted User X18H

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Driver announced he wasn't concentrating ! Signaller wouldn't let him reverse back. So therefore he couldn't open the doors and had to proceed to Brighton.

Bloody inconvenient !

What would have happened if he had lost concentration approaching Brighton??

Email sent to Neal Lawson

Disgraceful.
 


Conkers

Well-known member
Jan 11, 2006
4,523
Haywards Heath
I was on one which forgot to stop at HH, Wivs, BH and PP. Stopped at Hassocks though!
 


pasty

A different kind of pasty
Jul 5, 2003
30,180
West, West, West Sussex
Driver announced he wasn't concentrating ! Signaller wouldn't let him reverse back. So therefore he couldn't open the doors and had to proceed to Brighton.

Exactly the same thing, and reason given, happened a couple of months back coming back from London on a GWExp train
 


Elvis

Well-known member
Mar 22, 2010
1,413
Viva Las Hove
A mandatory drug/alcohol test for him I believe. My brother in laws dad is a retired copper, and works for a company that undertakes such tests. He once told me that overrunning the platform is a huge NO-NO in the eyes of train drivers and management, not to mention bloody inconvenient for those wanting to disembark the train.
 










Ninja Elephant

Doctor Elephant
Feb 16, 2009
18,855
So he/she made a mistake. Get them the sack, go on. What has country turned into?

Agree entirely. Yes, it's an unfortunate error and it causes inconvenience. But life goes on. No need to vindictively hunt them down and make a massive issue out of it.
 




Deadly Danson

Well-known member
Oct 22, 2003
3,945
Brighton
So he/she made a mistake. Get them the sack, go on. What has country turned into?

This. He/She lost concentration for a second, plus it's leaf fall season so the tracks are extra slippery. Happens from time to time because, guess what, train drivers are human. And if he'd done it at Brighton (which is unlikely as it's a terminus so he/she wouldn't "forget" they were stopping there), overspeed grids would have stopped him.
Maybe we should all stand over HB&B whilst he works and shout "disgraceful" every time he makes a mistake.
 


Danny-Boy

Banned
Apr 21, 2009
5,579
The Coast
Driver announced he wasn't concentrating ! Signaller wouldn't let him reverse back. So therefore he couldn't open the doors and had to proceed to Brighton.

Bloody inconvenient !

What would have happened if he had lost concentration approaching Brighton??

Email sent to Neal Lawson

Disgraceful.

No use sending one to Norman Baker now..he's changed Government stations..still a few other topics though, like policing and crowd control..:shrug:
 


Eksman

Active member
Aug 9, 2012
1,880
On the toilet
Bloody out of order, as people have said everyone makes mistakes. This driver probably has a family to support and you're happy to try and get him the sack, yeh nice one doughnut
 




timbha

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
9,834
Sussex
Driver announced he wasn't concentrating ! Signaller wouldn't let him reverse back. So therefore he couldn't open the doors and had to proceed to Brighton.

Bloody inconvenient !

What would have happened if he had lost concentration approaching Brighton??

Email sent to Neal Lawson

Disgraceful.

haven't you got anything better to do than tell the world of NSC the events that befall you? Train overshooting the platform, emailing a complaint, whatever next? I can't wait for the next instalment
 


Stat Brother

Well-known member
NSC Patreon
Jul 11, 2003
73,384
West west west Sussex
So he/she made a mistake. Get them the sack, go on. What has country turned into?

Agree entirely. Yes, it's an unfortunate error and it causes inconvenience. But life goes on. No need to vindictively hunt them down and make a massive issue out of it.
But if you've never made a mistake in your entire life, the very least you should expect from everybody else, is exactly the same level of greatness.
 






Badger

NOT the Honey Badger
NSC Patreon
May 8, 2007
12,751
Toronto
Maybe we should all stand over HB&B whilst he works and shout "disgraceful" every time he makes a mistake.

If his blogs are anything to go by we'd very quickly get tired of shouting at him.
 


edna krabappel

Well-known member
NSC Patreon
Jul 7, 2003
47,228
Ridiculous reaction to a trivial and minor inconvenience.
 


British Bulldog

The great escape
Feb 6, 2006
10,889
Driver announced he wasn't concentrating ! Signaller wouldn't let him reverse back. So therefore he couldn't open the doors and had to proceed to Brighton.

Bloody inconvenient !

What would have happened if he had lost concentration approaching Brighton??

Email sent to Neal Lawson

Disgraceful.

You can send all the Emails you want it won't make a slight bit of difference as the driver will be in big trouble anyway, He will have been relived of his duties and drug tested long before you've even thought what to write or who to send it to. All you will have achieved is wasting your own time and the time of the person who had to read it.
 








Mackenzie

Old Brightonian
Nov 7, 2003
33,508
East Wales
Driver announced he wasn't concentrating ! Signaller wouldn't let him reverse back. So therefore he couldn't open the doors and had to proceed to Brighton.

Bloody inconvenient !

What would have happened if he had lost concentration approaching Brighton??

Email sent to Neal Lawson

Disgraceful.
Boohoo you git.
 



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