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Thomas Ralph · 24-09-2007, 20:36

I was on a southbound DART a couple of weeks ago going from Pearse to Sandymount (it happened to be a six-carriage set at peak time and was jammed, but that isn't the point). I was in the last carriage which was one of two old-fashioned cars (sorry I don't know the technical name) attached to four modern cars, and I had to get out to let other people out when we stopped at Lansdowne Road, as did two or three others. Just after the people finished getting out, I stepped back on at which stage the doors closed on me without warning. I stepped clear into the carriage safely, but I could have been hurt; meanwhile the other three people were left waiting 20 minutes for the next train!

24-09-2007, 20:36	#1
Thomas Ralph IT Officer Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Greenwich, London Posts: 1,860	Doors closing on us I was on a southbound DART a couple of weeks ago going from Pearse to Sandymount (it happened to be a six-carriage set at peak time and was jammed, but that isn't the point). I was in the last carriage which was one of two old-fashioned cars (sorry I don't know the technical name) attached to four modern cars, and I had to get out to let other people out when we stopped at Lansdowne Road, as did two or three others. Just after the people finished getting out, I stepped back on at which stage the doors closed on me without warning. I stepped clear into the carriage safely, but I could have been hurt; meanwhile the other three people were left waiting 20 minutes for the next train!