Fan falls on train track..

[andyhinch]

Hadent realised there was a problem till Reddish..
Thought I'd found a nice easy rought to and from the game without having to leave early to get out the carparks or endure the crush on the tram,,, after reading the comments on here lookes like back to the drawing board . C
What's it like when it's raining and night games... No shelter no seats

The trick is to have a few pints in the starbar for an hour after

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Was hoping someone on here might post something.

It was my dad who fell, he fainted we think, he's ok & being kept in hospital while they try & work out what caused it. He's more gutted cos he missed match of the day!

Seriously though, does anyone know who the Blues were who helped him? I had no idea there was a train heading for him, the police told my mum he was carried over the tracks by some people but didn't mention anything else.

Good to hear he's ok.

 

[East Level 2]

The train companies have never publicised using Ashburys because the platform is simply too narrow to cope with the likely number of passengers for a game.
Park station (corner of Grimshaw Lane and Briscoe Lane) has been shut for decades but could be re-opened (nobody was willing to pay for the work before the Commonwealth Games). The line going past the north car park is on a freight line but looks like it could be used for a shuttle service to Victoria if a station could be built.

 

[Jamie Grimshaw]

Was hoping someone on here might post something.

It was my dad who fell, he fainted we think, he's ok & being kept in hospital while they try & work out what caused it. He's more gutted cos he missed match of the day!

Seriously though, does anyone know who the Blues were who helped him? I had no idea there was a train heading for him, the police told my mum he was carried over the tracks by some people but didn't mention anything else.

Hey Steph I was one of the lads who jumped on to help your dad yesterday. It is not a problem. Just glad he's ok. Thought he might have fainted. Send him my regards and tape match of the day on I player. One thing to be said is the train stewards were massively innefective.

Thanks
Jamie G

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Hey Steph I was one of the lasts who jumped on to help your dad yesterday. It is not a problem. Just glad he's ok. Thought he might have fainted. Send him my regards and tape match of the day on I player. One thing to be said is the train stewards were massively innefective.

Thanks
Jamie G

Well done pal. Great job - however expect a knock on the door and the transport police wanting to talk to you about trespassing on the line...... ;)

 

[bluesteph]

Hey Steph I was one of the lasts who jumped on to help your dad yesterday. It is not a problem. Just glad he's ok. Thought he might have fainted. Send him my regards and tape match of the day on I player. One thing to be said is the train stewards were massively innefective.

Thanks
Jamie G

Thank you Jamie, and to the others who helped my dad. Happy to tell you he's being discharged from the MRI today so should be back home soon to watch motd & I've just let him know the Watford score to give him a laugh while he's waiting!

We'll let him get home & then let him know what's been said about the workers but thank you so much, sounds like it could have been so much worse but I don't really want to think about that!

 

[Vic]

Can I be clear about times? This was on the platform out of Piccadilly with the trains being the 1719 to Rose Hill and the 1722 to Hadfield? They were delayed, but I can't see any Transpennine service into Manchester that was delayed.

The simplest solution would be not to allow passengers for the Hadfield train onto the platform until the Rose Hill train has loaded. Do many people use the train from Ashburys to Piccadilly? If not, people for Hadfield could wait on the Manchester-bound platform until the Rose Hill train had loaded.

The risk here is that Network Rail seek to close the station after games (like Holloway Road tube station nearest the Emirates stadium).

 

[jma]

Glad to hear the chap is ok. I was there yesterday and the blokes who jumped down did a great job. The approaching train was going slowly, was quite a long way away and would have been able to (and did eventually) stop but there are trains that go through there at some speed and it is only a matter of luck that it didn't occur at a point one of them was going through. Not to mention the fact that a train coming in the other direction could have caused serious problems. Also, thinking about it afterwards, I'm never quite sure whether rail tracks are supposed to be electrified in places or not, so that was possibly another danger that the guys who got down there ignored. Well done to all involved.

The station is absolutely not fit for purpose. It is designed to be a small platform in the arsehole of an industrial landscape that barely anyway uses. Now it is being used for huge events, with barely any trains being put on anyway, meaning that there is a huge build up of people there every week as they all have to wait for one of only two trains that come through. A few more trains being put on would help with the congestion but, fundamentally, the place needs building again with massive platforms.

I wouldn't be too harsh on the two blokes who were 'on duty' there. Some people were really giving them shit afterwards. I've only seen them there this season and I don't even know what their job is. It's possible that they are there to just observe how many people are using the station or as some sort of steward to give people directions. I don't think they are trained in crowd management or as paramedics though. Perhaps they could have helped out more but by the time they could have done anything, blokes were on the track anyway and then giving first aid. I got the impression that the two blokes shit themselves and were faced with something that they had no idea of how to act towards. Yes, neither did the blokes who jumped down but my point is, I don't think the two 'stewards' were particularly highly trained professionals who would have a procedure to rely upon when faced with that. Struck me more as Showsec type employees - i.e. people roped in to fill a coat for the day. I might be wrong.

Certainly, you can imagine the chaos and arguing that would happen if, as some people were shouting to them afterwards, they told people arriving that they couldn't go to the platform and would have to miss their train because the platform was too full. I bet plenty of the people shouting that suggestion would have been threatening them with all sorts or just totally ignoring them if they had tried to stop them getting on the platform/train.

Anyway, glad it seems to have ended pretty well. But something worse is going to happen there eventually and it needs sorting. What other train station used for thousands at sporting events is so unfit for purpose?

 

[i went to rotherham]

Was hoping someone on here might post something.

It was my dad who fell, he fainted we think, he's ok & being kept in hospital while they try & work out what caused it. He's more gutted cos he missed match of the day!

Seriously though, does anyone know who the Blues were who helped him? I had no idea there was a train heading for him, the police told my mum he was carried over the tracks by some people but didn't mention anything else.

Hi bluesteph

My Brother-in-Law was one of the guys who jumped on the track to help. His name is Ged Garvey from Hattersley and he is 70 years old !!!

 

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