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Manager opens Tube train doors on wrong side

Title
Manager opens Tube train doors on wrong side
Genre
Interview
TX Date
8 Jun 1990
Year of production
1990
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Duration
00:01:47
Description
Mark Phillips interviews Ian Arthurton, London Regional Transport’s passenger services manager who has admitted he accidentally opened the doors of a tube train on the wrong side whilst getting a flavour of what driving a train is like. He admits that it put passengers in danger but says as a result he is pressing forward with plans that will stop it happening again.
Contributors
Mark Phillips; Ian Arthurton
Keywords
London; Underground railway networks; Rail safety; LRT

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