2 ms·
Based on the photos, "smash their way out" appears to mean "open the door with the clearly marked manual override level", and "stranded" appears to mean "had to
by hedora 3y ago
Based on the photos, "smash their way out" appears to mean "open the door with the clearly marked manual override level", and "stranded" appears to mean "had to cross a couple tracks, and walk to the nearest gap in the fence".
The text of the article suggests they had to use the emergency windows / break stuff, and that they were stuck in a tunnel without a pedestrian evacuation route (which would be illegal even here in the US where we hate trains).
The real screw up was probably lack of training of the people on duty. They should have evacuated the train (i.e., opened the doors, and had conductors guide the passengers with flashlights) after an hour, at the most.
- Symbiote 3y agoBritain obviously wouldn't build a new tunnel without an evacuation route, but the existing tunnels can be 100 or more years old and lack them.
- hedora 3y agoThat's exactly why I read the article! I wanted to see the statement from the train company explaining how they're fixing that!
- bobthepanda 3y agoThere isn’t really a way short of fixing this short of building brand new replacement tunnels at great expense. You can’t really widen the tunnels, because the tunnel lining itself is the structure preventing water seepage, cave-in, etc.
- MarcusE1W 3y agoIt should also be noted that the London underground (the space underground, not the rail system) is extremely convoluted as people have been building stuff there for centuries.