Has anyone ever pulled the emergency cord on a train?

Run_to_da_hills · 17-04-2008 12:04PM #1

Has anyone pulled the emergency cord on a train? I have never done it myself but have seen it being pulled twice. Once by a guy from school who wanted to stop the train at the end of his garden. He was later found out and parents had to fork out the fine, another time legitimately when a rock was thrown through a window of a craven coach and hit a passenger.

Cormic · 17-04-2008 12:18PM

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

another time legitimately when a rock was thrown through a window of a craven coach and hit a passenger.

I did this one when I was on the dart a few years ago when something similar happened.

17-04-2008 12:19PM

Only in my dreams.

copeyhagen · 17-04-2008 12:33PM

probably not 100% relevant but its the method used in europe by graffiti artists that paint trains, mostly subway though. one enters the train and pulls the chord, the rest of em set about painting the train while the driver jumps out to check whats wrong. hundreds of videos of it on youtube

P_1 · 17-04-2008 12:39PM

Once when I fell asleep on the train and woke up to an empty train somewhere between Pearse and Grand Canal Dock.

MOH · 17-04-2008 12:40PM

Was on a DART once when the doors didn't open at the station - neither set in my carriage or the one next to it worked. About 20 people trying to get off for work. Eventually someone pushed the emergency button beside the door - nothing happened, DART pulled off with us all still on board. Luckily the doors worked in the next station. Irish Rail's explanation was that the button "has to be pushed quite hard".

Jigsaw · 17-04-2008 12:42PM

pithater1 wrote: »

Once when I fell asleep on the train and woke up to an empty train somewhere between Pearse and Grand Canal Dock.

Excellent

connundrum · 17-04-2008 12:47PM

I remember standing inbetween carriages having just left Monesterevin station when a girl woke up out of her day dream, realised that she missed her stop, pulled the cord, and then jumped out of the train onto the opposite tracks. The train was one of the old ones where you could lean out the window and open the door manually.

Silly bint!

I also remember a situation with the same old train where we were pulling into Portarlington station and a man had the door halfway open waiting for the train to fully stop. As we were slowing down the door hit a man standing on the platform and knocked him clean off his feet. Unlucky to him, but in fairness he shouldn't have been looking the opposite way!

LadyE · 17-04-2008 12:56PM

connundrum wrote: »

I remember standing inbetween carriages having just left Monesterevin station when a girl woke up out of her day dream, realised that she missed her stop, pulled the cord, and then jumped out of the train onto the opposite tracks. The train was one of the old ones where you could lean out the window and open the door manually.

Silly bint!

I also remember a situation with the same old train where we were pulling into Portarlington station and a man had the door halfway open waiting for the train to fully stop. As we were slowing down the door hit a man standing on the platform and knocked him clean off his feet. Unlucky to him, but in fairness he shouldn't have been looking the opposite way![/QUOTE]

Would have loved to have seen that

joeybloggs · 17-04-2008 01:27PM

Cormic wrote: »

I did this one when I was on the dart a few years ago when something similar happened.

That happned to me at Shankill station.Big giant rock through the window missed 7 people and bounced of the other window opposite.scary stuff.

17-04-2008 01:41PM

Wasn't this on an episode of that show they have on RTE where they explain what happened in a disaster. Can't remember the name of it. But someone had pulled the emergency cord on a train, the driver never reset anything and it crashed.

It sounded far more interesting on the program.

Terrontress · 17-04-2008 02:53PM

I did it once. We thought the train was on fire. In reality a water pipe had burst, was putting water onto a hot, dirty surface and as a result acrid steam was coming into the carriage.

There was a man intending to do it but I realised he was actually at the door controls. Having visions of people falling out of the train at 60mph I pulled the handle.

It made a large hiss noise and it felt like air blew out of it onto my hand. It was a great experience. The only bad thing about it was that the train did not decelerate as quickly as I had hoped.

I then persuaded everyone to stay on the train after they had opened the door. Some respectable looking man in a suit screaming "We're all gonna f*ing die if we don't get off."

The train driver came down, told us what the problem was, reset the handle then went back to his cabin and announced "apologies for the delay caused by an operational problem".

"Operational problem"? I thought. We had emergency handles, fire extinguishers, open doors, fire brigade called, people threatening to jump out and the people up the front of the train probably thought it was a signal being slow to turn to green.

Dun laoire · 17-04-2008 03:03PM

Never Pull A String Hanging From The Ceiling In A Pub Toilet!!

Ruu_Old · 17-04-2008 03:06PM

Nah, never the emergency cord. I was on a train in Chicago and someone fainted so I used the speaker thing that was there and someone was sent back from the front.

RxQueen · 17-04-2008 03:10PM

Dun laoire wrote: »

Never Pull A String Hanging From The Ceiling In A Pub Toilet!!

ha i done that , when the womens toilet was out of order they told us to use the disabled toilet , i pull the cord, thought it was the light switch and next thing there was people at the door , seeing was i okay !!:o

CountingCrows · 17-04-2008 03:34PM

Dun laoire wrote: »

Never Pull A String Hanging From The Ceiling In A Pub Toilet!!

Do tell!

Radharc na Sleibhte · 17-04-2008 03:56PM

Did anyone ever press the "Do Not Press" button in a cockpit?
The one that empties the fuel tank.

starlight07 · 17-04-2008 04:26PM

MikeySligo wrote: »

Did anyone ever press the "Do Not Press" button in a cockpit?
The one that empties the fuel tank.

No but should it happen...I think I should get the parachute, because I'm great. In fact, I think I should get both parachutes in case one of them doesn't work!

RxQueen · 17-04-2008 04:31PM

MikeySligo wrote: »

Did anyone ever press the "Do Not Press" button in a cockpit?
The one that empties the fuel tank.

and they use sticky tape to fix it?!

stevoman · 17-04-2008 04:43PM

my father did it when he was drunk i heard. the bloody fool!

L1011 · 17-04-2008 04:51PM

Used the emergency button on the Luas when someone collapsed, had an ambulance waiting at the next stop for her.

Sherifu · 17-04-2008 05:06PM

Have a bit of consideration for others.

Pepe LeFrits · 17-04-2008 06:30PM

I had to get someone to pull the emergency stop on the tube in London once, I jumped in late and the doors closed with my laptop stuck outside the doors, attached to me shoulder via the bag strap. I started to panic a bit when the the train started to speedily move towards the tunnel (there isn't enough space on the outside for anything to fit...).

Got told off by the driver on the train intercom for jumping on when the doors were closing, which is fair enough I suppose. It took two or three minutes before the stop was reset, which was pretty embarrassing.

The Real B-man · 17-04-2008 07:01PM

emo!! wrote: »

ha i done that , when the womens toilet was out of order they told us to use the disabled toilet , i pull the cord, thought it was the light switch and next thing there was people at the door , seeing was i okay !!:o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Omk6qFftEs

:D:D

GhostInTheRuins · 17-04-2008 08:51PM

Kind of related but has anyone ever pressed those emargency buttons in lifts? Everytime I'm in one it's as though they're staring at me, mocking me, calling out to me to push it. I've always wanted to know what would happen.

Sully · 17-04-2008 09:31PM

GhostInTheRuins wrote: »

Kind of related but has anyone ever pressed those emargency buttons in lifts? Everytime I'm in one it's as though they're staring at me, mocking me, calling out to me to push it. I've always wanted to know what would happen.

It usually calls the emergency phone at reception.

L1011 · 17-04-2008 09:32PM

GhostInTheRuins wrote: »

Kind of related but has anyone ever pressed those emargency buttons in lifts? Everytime I'm in one it's as though they're staring at me, mocking me, calling out to me to push it. I've always wanted to know what would happen.

Apparently you get connected to a grumpy old fart in Otis/Schindler/Kone's offices according to my brother (who had to once).

xOxSinéadxOx · 17-04-2008 09:33PM

i've always wanted to pull the cord on the train....

Sully · 17-04-2008 09:34PM

MYOB wrote: »

Apparently you get connected to a grumpy old fart in Otis/Schindler/Kone's offices according to my brother (who had to once).

Yup, in some lifts I do believe that happens.

ojewriej · 17-04-2008 10:15PM

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

I had to get someone to pull the emergency stop on the tube in London once, I jumped in late and the doors closed with my laptop stuck outside the doors, attached to me shoulder via the bag strap. I started to panic a bit when the the train started to speedily move towards the tunnel (there isn't enough space on the outside for anything to fit...).

Similar thing happened to me in Paris. My backpack got caught in the door. Someone pulled the cord when we were about to go into the tunnel.

Another time, I was on a train full of football hooligans. They were supporters of the club from the town I was from, so i was quite relaxed. The train was going through the forest, and this 10 year old kid pulled a brake, and when the train stopped jumped out of the train. All of the sudden from between the trees emerged balaclaved supporters of the rival team, and started to throw stones at our train. They kept doing it for few minutes and then dissapeared. A lot of people got injured, I still have a scar on my hand. There was policeman in each carriage, they were dragged out, beaten up, and stripped naked, their uniforms were taken as trophies. It was pretty scary.

120_Minutes · 18-04-2008 12:14AM

ojewriej wrote: »

Similar thing happened to me in Paris. My backpack got caught in the door. Someone pulled the cord when we were about to go into the tunnel.

Another time, I was on a train full of football hooligans. They were supporters of the club from the town I was from, so i was quite relaxed. The train was going through the forest, and this 10 year old kid pulled a brake, and when the train stopped jumped out of the train. All of the sudden from between the trees emerged balaclaved supporters of the rival team, and started to throw stones at our train. They kept doing it for few minutes and then dissapeared. A lot of people got injured, I still have a scar on my hand. There was policeman in each carriage, they were dragged out, beaten up, and stripped naked, their uniforms were taken as trophies. It was pretty scary.

ok if ever there was a time to use "pics or it didnt happen" this is it.

Has anyone ever pulled the emergency cord on a train?

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