sjm77
Member
I was recently on a Westbound TPEx service formed of 2 x 3-car 185s. I was surprised that on departure from Dewsbury the PIS inside the carriage informed us that the platform at Huddersfield was too short for our train and that only the doors in the front 5 coaches could be used. We slid into Huddersfield and sure enough all 6 cars fitted extremely comfortably on to the platform! In fact the Sectional Appendix gives a useable Platform length of 180 metres for Huddersfield Platform 1 compared to a 6-car 185 having a length of 143 metres (source: Wiki). So what the hell is going on????
More importantly for TPEx on my service there was no verbal announcement given of this! Anyone daydreaming, reading a book, or visually impaired in the last coach would have potentially missed their stop. Only those who happened to look at the PIS at the same time as the message was displayed (as it scrolled through may others) were informed of the allegedly short platform. As we left the last coach to move forwards we had to encourage those stood at the train doors to move forwards with us!
More importantly for TPEx on my service there was no verbal announcement given of this! Anyone daydreaming, reading a book, or visually impaired in the last coach would have potentially missed their stop. Only those who happened to look at the PIS at the same time as the message was displayed (as it scrolled through may others) were informed of the allegedly short platform. As we left the last coach to move forwards we had to encourage those stood at the train doors to move forwards with us!