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Local door operation refers to a procedure and system in place on railway rolling stock on the United Kingdom railway network. It is where a single door on a train is operated by its train crew from a crew operated switch, often on a train door control panel operated by the train's guard .
Connex South Eastern Class 423 at Waterloo East in February 2003 c2c Class 312 at Shoeburyness in March 2003. A slam-door train or slammer is a set of diesel multiple units (DMUs) or electric multiple units (EMUs) that were designed before the introduction of automatic doors on railway carriages in the United Kingdom and other countries, which feature manually operated doors.
Selective door operation is implemented at certain railway stations in the United States. In the New York City Subway, the 6 + 1 ⁄ 2-car-long platforms at 145th Street (and formerly the 5-car-long loop platforms at South Ferry) are too short to accommodate full-length trains of ten 51.4-foot-long (15.7 m) cars, so only the first five cars of the train opened their doors at these stations.
A set of railway routes that are bundled for publicity purposes (e.g. a UK train operating company) [205] [206] Railway station Washington Union Station in Washington, D.C., an example of a railway station A train station, a stopping point for trains, usually with passenger access Railway terminal A building for passengers at the end of a ...
These trains still require operators to open and close the doors, and to assist in the event of an emergency. This method of working is also used on the Thameslink core [3] and is used on Crossrail. [4] London's second rapid-transit system, the Docklands Light Railway (DLR), has operated with driverless trains since its opening in 1987. [5]
A bridge carrying the railway and allowing a roadway to pass under the railway [23]: 408 Up A direction (usually towards London, other capital city, or the headquarters of the railway concerned) or side (on left-running railways, the left side when facing in the up direction). The opposite of down.
Wessex Trains 153302. A vestibuled train is a passenger train whose cars have enclosed vestibules at their ends, in contrast to the open platforms on early cars. Typically, a vestibule has doorways on either side to allow passenger entry and exit at stations, a door into the body of the car, and, at the car end, a doorway to allow access to the next car through a flexible gangway connection.
A British Railways Mark 1 coach fitted with a gangway connection of the Pullman type Internal view of gangways between a British Rail Class 153 and a British Rail Class 158. Notice the doors on the sides, which prevent passengers from accessing the cabs of either unit.