Bang!
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Last week, the reaction to unattended packages on London Underground trains hit explosive new levels.
Security
Doing checks on the staff
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Has anyone else noticed five-pence-sized silver discs starting to appear on the walls in stations? Apparently, this is management's idea of how to make us carry out security checks properly.
Two Years On
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On the second anniversary of the terrorist bombing of the Tube, here's a reminder of what Tubeworker said at the time.
Serious or Critical?
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Tubeworker is still trying to get our head round the idea that while the country as a whole has a security level of 'critical', ours is a mere 'serious' (one step less serious than 'critical'). What, is London Underground some kind of place of safety, a refuge from the unsafe streets?!
Suspect Device
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Jubilee Line management pulled a stunt that they thought would be a nice, attention-grabbing bit of propaganda, but has backfired and upset staff.
They send everyone a DVD, in a packet - not marked with the company's logo or a return address - which also contained a piece of signal cable. The problem was that in many cases, the cable tore through the envelope and stuck out, making it look very much like a letter bomb. Indeed, one member of staff evacuated his family to a place of safety and called the police to open the packet.
OSN52? What?
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Remember OSN52? It's the Operational Standards Notice which was supposed to improve the way we evacuated the system in the event of another terror attack like the one on 7th July 2005?
How Secure Are You?
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During refurb work at Epping, Metronet has employed a security guard to protect its worksite. But the guard has been getting rather too close to the ticket barrier, on occasion looking like a substitute member of station staff.
Not Enough Staff = Not Enough Safety
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Last night at Bank, call point operation triggered an evacuation ... and the P.A. failed. No Inspector Sands, no P.A. from the control room, nothing.
With superhuman effort, the staff evacuated the complex in twenty minutes. Fortunately, it was a false alarm. Had it been a fire, people would have died.
Bomb Alert? Keep Going ...
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Late one Sunday evening at the start of this month, a driver pulled into West Ruislip and let his passengers off. He noticed that the train in the opposite platform was closed up and asked its driver why. The answer? There was a suspect suitcase on the train and they were waiting for the bomb squad to arrive and investigate.
'Lost Property' Trickery - Again
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Readers might remember our report about District Line Control telling station staff to remove 'lost property' from a train - except it wasn't lost property but an unattended bag. Well, we had hoped that following complaints by the station concerned, this unfortunate and unsafe incident would not be repeated. But unfortunately, on Tuesday it was.