How Does Some Eejit On The Roof Stop Trains Running?

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-47758618
More elf in afetee cobras.

[jim360]

Better to be too careful than not careful enough.

[hc4361]

Ha! She says that she didn't even know that the UK was part of the EU until we were leaving it.

[ToraToraTora]

idiots like this should not be given the power to disrupt thousands.

[THECORBYLOON]

Wrong thread HC?

[hc4361]

Oh! Wrong trespasser :(

[woofgang]

so they should have let him zap himself on HT cables?

[mushroom25]

the railway authority has, if not a duty of care, a duty of humanity to those trespassing on its premises. this is set in legal stone - see https://swarb.co.uk/british-railways-board-v-herrington-hl-16-feb-1972/

[naomi24]

From 7.30pm Friday until 11am Saturday? Why didn't the disruption last just until he was brought to safety?

[mushroom25]

erm.. because it took that long to apprehend him?

incident started at 7-25 and at one time immobilised HS1, the east coast main line and the Thameslink networks due to his location and threats made to do himself harm. by 10pm the incident had been contained to HS1 only but something the trespasser said suggested he was armed. cue standoff involving negotiators, at-height teams and the electricity having to remain off because he kept waving his flag at the bare conductors.

[naomi24]

Oh right. Thanks Mushroom.

[Togo]

You don't suppose it is a deliberate "over reaction" just to prove a point? Look at the picture in the link below. You can see how he got onto the roof and where he left his kit bags. You can also see that he is nowhere near the overhead lines for Eurostar trains leaving the station. Just the usual virtue signalling at the expense of thousands. Still it gives the "authorities" the chance to bring serious "charges" against him and prove that all Brexit voters are mindless thugs to the tree huggers and hand wringers.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/eurostar-trains-cancelled-as-man-with-st-georges-flag-spends-night-on-station-roof/ar-BBVpIbF?li=BBoPWjQ

[douglas9401]

Tranquilliser darts and siezure of any assets to offset the cost of the farce might be an idea.

Oh, and do Eurostar allow all staff to work naked or is it only conductors?

[Peter Pedant]

blimey free tee has had a busy week!

foo! and Brexit deadlock is broken
afetee TROB! and the trains run on time !

what will the Great Man do next ?

and yes Mushie Herrington v BRB is the lead on liability and duty to trespassers

so yes you DO have some duty which means that .....
you cant do the broken glass bit
you cant electrify the window handles
and an Oirish case - they all went in frooda back door because if you used the front - - - yes it blew a burglars leg off....

oh and you cant shoot them ( r v Martin)

I wont give chapter and verse on these,
this is after all AB

[Togo]

Lol@ Douglas. The "authorities" say that he offered no resistance and is currently being interviewed.

[Togo]

A circuit judge has been appointed to hear the evidence.

[Peter Pedant]

being the week end the judge has already warned he is on a short fuse ...

a circuit judge parachuted in at short notice like this is called a circuit-breaker....

[mushroom25]

//he is nowhere near the overhead lines for Eurostar trains leaving the station. Just the usual virtue signalling at the expense of thousands. //

maybe in that picture. during the night he was variously on the HS1 viaduct over the ECML at Belle Isle, and on the HS1 portal just beyond the station limits. the BBC report (op link) correctly reported this.

[ToraToraTora]

he was no where near the cables, togo is bang on, elfin saftee gone bonkers.

[mushroom25]

actually, that picture doesn't show the station roof, he was never at or near the station. that's the HS1 "portal" where the tracks dip into the tunnel to Stratford at the point where the line crosses the Thameslink connections to/from the ECML - see the concrete retaining walls on the left. immediately under the portal cover, and accessible from the far end (in front of the flag waver) is the 25kV electric traction equipment - all of which is live except the steel supporting structures.

[mushroom25]

this picture from the guardian shows a better view of the location. they along with other outlets made the same mistake of describing it as "the station roof". from the picture, it clearly isn't.
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/eurostar-trains-cancelled-as-man-with-st-georges-flag-spends-night-on-station-roof/ar-BBVpIbF?ocid=ientp&fullscreen=true#image=2