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Originally Posted by Colm Moore
It's not just one evening, there are regular incidents (engine or other system failures, electrical or signalling issues, track faults, bridge strikes and, yes, trespassers of various types) throughout the network. At practically every such situation, the incident response system falls apart from the passenger's point of view.
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Exactly. There will always be unplanned incidents. There should be a plan in place to take account of an incident
(a) at each station
(b) between any two stations
that minimises disruption to other passengers and can be put in place quickly by the person in charge.
You get the impression there was no planned reaction to an incident between Shankill and Bray. Just an of-the-hoof reaction. Emergency services plan for incidents that they hope they will never have to deal with. By the sound of it IR to their credit even planned how to deal with the tragedy that occured. But they don't plan how to deal with the rest of the travelling public in the best way.