Mutiny in Swindon

[vetran]

OK who do we know in the sticks?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...p-Swindon.html

Rail passengers launch 'mutiny' and forced train to REVERSE after their Great Western Railway service failed to stop at scheduled station

• Passengers activated emergency alarms onboard London-bound train last night
• Those onboard were frustrated the train had not called at intended stop Swindon
• Driver took train back to Swindon before passengers were kicked off at Reading

[SimonMac]

Most people do what ever they can to avoid Swindon, not the other way round!

[northernladuk]

Blimey, didn't know trains were allowed to reverse to be fair. Must have been a logistical nightmare that.

[NigelJK]

It would depend on how far it got down the track as the red light would have been shown to the oncoming train if not past 2x lights

[hobnob]

The train company's logic seems pretty odd there: they didn't want to stop at Swindon because the train was full. I've seen buses do something similar, i.e. if nobody presses the bell to get off then the driver won't stop to pick anyone up. However, if people do want to get off then the driver will stop and then let on a corresponding number of people. I realise that it's a bit more tricky on a train (e.g. you'd probably need station staff to keep new passengers back) but refusing to let people off doesn't seem like a great plan. Aside from anything else, it's just going to cause unnecessary crowding on another train, if they have to make an extra journey in the opposite direction.

[Whorty]

The train company's logic seems pretty odd there: they didn't want to stop at Swindon because the train was full. I've seen buses do something similar, i.e. if nobody presses the bell to get off then the driver won't stop to pick anyone up. However, if people do want to get off then the driver will stop and then let on a corresponding number of people. I realise that it's a bit more tricky on a train (e.g. you'd probably need station staff to keep new passengers back) but refusing to let people off doesn't seem like a great plan. Aside from anything else, it's just going to cause unnecessary crowding on another train, if they have to make an extra journey in the opposite direction.

If Thameslink used this logic their trains trains would never stop at Herne Hill in the mornings ... every train through there is jammed .... always a fun station to transfer at