Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 71,897
(Here's what I sent the Argus lettrs page- let's see if they got the balls to print it unedited - 'Privatised Railways Are The Enemy Of The People' Grrr....)
'The implications of the serious problems with the new trains on the Brighton-London line, namely that the doors don’t work, go far beyond individual commuters being half an hour late for work at least once a week. The question should be asked now, while there’s still time: if the door mechanism has been proved to be utterly unreliable under normal operating conditions, how on earth could an overcrowded rush-hour train be safely evacuated in the event of an on-board fire or other ‘incident’. I’d suggest that the management of the train operating company (sorry, I forget what they’re calling themselves this week) had better have a very good answer which they’d perhaps be kind enough to share with their captive cash cow. Preferably before they find themselves in court on corporate manslaughter charges.'
'The implications of the serious problems with the new trains on the Brighton-London line, namely that the doors don’t work, go far beyond individual commuters being half an hour late for work at least once a week. The question should be asked now, while there’s still time: if the door mechanism has been proved to be utterly unreliable under normal operating conditions, how on earth could an overcrowded rush-hour train be safely evacuated in the event of an on-board fire or other ‘incident’. I’d suggest that the management of the train operating company (sorry, I forget what they’re calling themselves this week) had better have a very good answer which they’d perhaps be kind enough to share with their captive cash cow. Preferably before they find themselves in court on corporate manslaughter charges.'
