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Twice an hour, a 2x5 car 377 terminates in Platform 4 at West Croydon, having come from Victoria via Crystal Palace.
Before it can move into the reversing siding, a member of the platform staff walks the length of the platform from back to front, stopping each time where two cars join (apart from the centre join). He/she inserts and turns a T-Key in a hole in the carriage-end, before moving on to the next.
Why do they do this? is it something to do with doors?
I'd ask he/she direct, but asking while they are working would delay the departure into the siding, and when they have finished they are far, far away at the other end of the platform.
Before it can move into the reversing siding, a member of the platform staff walks the length of the platform from back to front, stopping each time where two cars join (apart from the centre join). He/she inserts and turns a T-Key in a hole in the carriage-end, before moving on to the next.
Why do they do this? is it something to do with doors?
I'd ask he/she direct, but asking while they are working would delay the departure into the siding, and when they have finished they are far, far away at the other end of the platform.