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PASSENGERS on 80 of London’s Tube platforms are at “high risk” of being dragged into tunnels by moving trains without drivers noticing, a union warned yesterday.
Drivers are told to check in-cab CCTV and platform mirrors before starting their trains, but at as many as 190 platforms across the Tube network their view is obstructed at busy times, putting passengers at some risk.
London Underground requires station staff to attend to platforms when the normal systems are not adequate but drivers’ union Aslef says bosses are “refusing” to adequately staff platforms, in breach of their own rule book.
Sexual harassment on Britain’s railways is rising sharply, according to the British Transport Police, yet too many women still feel reporting is futile. LYNNE WALSH asks why the burden of safety all too often remains on women themselves
On the eve of the 157th Trades Union Congress, MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, celebrates victory in his campaign to get dignity for drivers at work
