London Underground Train Door Safety
From the collection of
What About Me?
- 1987-05-01
London Underground Train Door Safety
Stand clear of the doors! London Underground Video News release on passenger safety in the aftermath of an accident.
This Video News Release (VNR) from London Underground offers a peek behind-the-scenes at the construction of regional and national news. VNR's like this one were created by London Underground to give broadcasters the necessary information and video content to create a news item on a particular story or issue. This VNR is about the London Underground's implementation of a range of new safety features to protect passengers when getting on and off trains, following an incident on a Central Line train where a child was injured. In the 1990s, a new fleet of Underground trains were launched with doors that passengers could operate, with those (now redundant) buttons still seen on some trains today. While most lines simply had an option to open the doors, the Central Line was unique in also allowing passengers to close doors, which resulted in the injury of a child at Notting Hill Station on a new Central Line train. This, combined with delays caused by passengers overzealously using the buttons, quickly returned trains to central control by the driver. The range of safety features discussed and demonstrated in this VNR include CCTV for the driver to more clearly see the train doors and the now ubiquitous passenger operated emergency alarms and brakes.
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How We Travelled
How British experiences of travel and transport have changed over the years, taking us further and (sometimes) faster than ever before.
It's often said that, since the end of the last century, life has been speeding up. It's not just that - as individuals and as a society - we're always on the go. We're travelling more, and further, too. Where decades earlier we might have lived, worked and shopped locally, social change and developments in local and national transport links have opened up our access to every part of the UK and beyond. More of us enjoy foreign holidays, or work overseas.
Television and video have documented the consequences of shifting economic and political changes on the transport industry. It has witnessed technological developments from electrification of the railways to CCTV to smart motorways. Information technology governs how we buy our tickets, plan our journeys and keep our roads safe. Better connections to the rest of the world have transformed the way we travel, the goods in our shops and the people we live with. The opening of the Channel Tunnel in 1994 brought Europe closer than ever.
All this travel comes has its costs - not least a heavy environmental impact that we're only beginning to get to grips with. Perhaps it's time we learned to travel a little less? So, for now, why not sit back, relax and take a virtual journey through the decades.
20 videos in this collection
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What About Me?
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A to B
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New Years Eve 2000 on London Underground
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Highways Agency: Travelling with Confidence
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Rail Drive
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Step Free Access On London Underground
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Sea Speed Express Short - Version for USA
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Airports
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Railbus for the 80s
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Sealink Circus Conference '81
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London Buses: Ticket To Ride
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The Check Files
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Above Us London: Northern Line Centenary
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Airport 88
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Implementing London's Congestion Charge
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Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
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London Underground Train Door Safety
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Jubilee Line: Destination East
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Crossrail: It’s About Time
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