TRAIN PAIN
Obscure train door rule which could see you slapped with £100 fine JUST for walking in wrong place
One man got caught out in a bad way...
BRITS could land themselves with a fine for walking through a train door.
Passing between London Tube and Docklands Light Railways carriages is illegal, it has emerged.
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The obscure rule came to light after a man was convicted and forced to pay £206 for moving through a carriage-linking Tube door .
He paid a £40 fine, with £150 of TFL's costs & a £16 victim surcharge, according to the .
Court documents reveal how a guard busted the man "passing between one carriage to another via the emergency doors at the end of the carriage".
According to a statement, the guard told the man what he did was "dangerous" and would therefore need to take his details and compile a report.
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Writing in response the man expressed his "sincere apologies" adding that he was "genuinely unaware" of the rule.
Transport for London policy states that on Underground and DLR trains, you must not use the interior doors between the carriages except in an emergency,
Exemptions are also made if you have been instructed to do so by TfL staff.
The unknown rule left people flabbergasted.
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One wrote on X: "When did that become illegal?"
While another fumed: "This country is obsessed with petty offences like this."
WHAT TfL SAY
In Transport for London's policy booklet, they say:
"On Underground and DLR trains, you must not use the interior doors between the carriages except in an emergency or when instructed to do so by our staff.
"On our buses, you must only get on or off at official bus stops, except where we advertise the service as being ‘hail and ride’ when the driver will stop where it is safe to do so.
"There may also be special circumstances eg when the bus is stuck in traffic, in which case drivers may pull over at a safe place and let you get off.
"However, they will only do this where/when they judge it is safe to
do so."
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