Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 10223
Trains: Safety
Tabled: 21 October 2024
Answered: 29 October 2024
Question
Neil Duncan-Jordan
Labour — Poole
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will make a comparative assessment of the (a) effectiveness and (b) safety of operating train doors by (i) Driver Control Operation and (ii) the driver opening doors and the guard closing them
Answer
Simon LightwoodWe look to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), as the independent safety regulator for Britain’s railways, to ensure operators have the right procedures in place for both driver and guard operated doors to safeguard passengers when embarking and disembarki...
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