<story><title>UK rail minister got engineer sacked for raising safety concerns</title><url>https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-rail-minister-peter-hendy-fired-gareth-dennis-engineer-safety-concerns-trains-london-euston-station/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>michaelt</author><text>The article that got the guy fired is [1] apparently. If you search for &amp;quot;Gareth Dennis&amp;quot; - honestly his criticisms seem pretty mild.&lt;p&gt;My experience is the UK rail network targets truly patronising levels of safety. Signs and announcements on the dangers of running. Announcements on the dangers of slippery floors in wet weather. Announcements and signs about the importance of holding the handrail on stairs. Special extra video screens and announcements about the dangers of taking luggage on escalators. Announcements and warning signs that a flight of stairs is particularly long and tiring. Announcements on the dangers of using your phone while walking. Announcements that it&amp;#x27;s good to carry a bottle of water in hot weather.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m surprised this guy got fired - in the rail network I know, they&amp;#x27;d have addressed his concerns by adding even more posters and announcements.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;web.archive.org&amp;#x2F;web&amp;#x2F;20240414153709&amp;#x2F;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.independent.co.uk&amp;#x2F;life-style&amp;#x2F;euston-trains-station-delays-london-overcrowding-cancel-b2527730.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;web.archive.org&amp;#x2F;web&amp;#x2F;20240414153709&amp;#x2F;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.indep...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>chgs</author><text>Euston is a special case. The lack of training&amp;#x2F;concern (depending on your level of cynicism) of ticket validity of the barrier staff isn’t unique (Paddington had this problem too), but the unique problem is the way the operator (network rail) do not announce platforms until the last minute leading to stampedes to the barriers.&lt;p&gt;The announcements are just there to sell more noise cancelling headphones in the on-station shops.</text></comment>
<story><title>UK rail minister got engineer sacked for raising safety concerns</title><url>https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-rail-minister-peter-hendy-fired-gareth-dennis-engineer-safety-concerns-trains-london-euston-station/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>michaelt</author><text>The article that got the guy fired is [1] apparently. If you search for &amp;quot;Gareth Dennis&amp;quot; - honestly his criticisms seem pretty mild.&lt;p&gt;My experience is the UK rail network targets truly patronising levels of safety. Signs and announcements on the dangers of running. Announcements on the dangers of slippery floors in wet weather. Announcements and signs about the importance of holding the handrail on stairs. Special extra video screens and announcements about the dangers of taking luggage on escalators. Announcements and warning signs that a flight of stairs is particularly long and tiring. Announcements on the dangers of using your phone while walking. Announcements that it&amp;#x27;s good to carry a bottle of water in hot weather.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m surprised this guy got fired - in the rail network I know, they&amp;#x27;d have addressed his concerns by adding even more posters and announcements.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;web.archive.org&amp;#x2F;web&amp;#x2F;20240414153709&amp;#x2F;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.independent.co.uk&amp;#x2F;life-style&amp;#x2F;euston-trains-station-delays-london-overcrowding-cancel-b2527730.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;web.archive.org&amp;#x2F;web&amp;#x2F;20240414153709&amp;#x2F;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.indep...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>yodelshady</author><text>Interesting, &amp;quot;the Office of Rail and Road ... issued Network Rail with an improvement notice&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;For the benefit of readers not versed with UK regulation, an improvement notice is a formal instrument under the powers of the Health and Safety Executive. Whilst short of a prosecution notice, it definitely indicates that the powers that be are Officially Not Happy with, in this case, Network Rail.</text></comment>