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17th July 2008, 03:52 PM

"Chris Read" <chris117@> wrote in message
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>I was on a down East Coastway service today, 12 car, which stopped at the 8
>car mark at Gatwick Airport.
>
> The driver released the doors (I was in coach 2), before they were
> hurriedly closed again, and the Conductor made an announcement advising
> pax not to alight, as we were not yet fully in the platform and would be
> pulling forward.
>
> With SDO and related GPS gizmos on the 377s, I was wondering, would the
> doors have actually released on the carriages not in the platform? Or are
> the systems not quite that clever?
>
> Chris
>
>
I would hope they didn't release. I can say if the driver is identified that
'points mean prizes' will be on his licence.

17th July 2008, 03:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
P O'Neill Guest Posts: n/a Classified Rating: % ()	Car Stops & doors "Chris Read" <chris117@> wrote in message news:HcKdnQ0HMY0-A-LVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@bt.com... >I was on a down East Coastway service today, 12 car, which stopped at the 8 >car mark at Gatwick Airport. > > The driver released the doors (I was in coach 2), before they were > hurriedly closed again, and the Conductor made an announcement advising > pax not to alight, as we were not yet fully in the platform and would be > pulling forward. > > With SDO and related GPS gizmos on the 377s, I was wondering, would the > doors have actually released on the carriages not in the platform? Or are > the systems not quite that clever? > > Chris > > I would hope they didn't release. I can say if the driver is identified that 'points mean prizes' will be on his licence.