Listener 4841 Offhand Remark By Remus
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What Do You Think Of The Idea Of Women Only Train Carriages?
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I can see why Corbyn has proposed this, but am not sure it's the right solution.
What are your thoughts?
I can see why Corbyn has proposed this, but am not sure it's the right solution.
What are your thoughts?
Answers
I don't see why we shouldn't have Women-only trains - after all we already have Virgin trains !
17:21 Wed 26th Aug 2015
Just as a point of information, when "Ladies Only" accommodation was provided on trains it was usually on the "compartment" stock. Older readers will remember that such stock was divided into small compartments, each one with its own door so that access was only available at stations. There was no access between compartments. The "policing" was thus carried as at the stations as people boarded the train.
This is a particularly fine example of compartment stock which used to operate on the London underground system:
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And this is a more recent version which ran on Southern Region commuter services until about 1995 (though not all of this type were compartment stock):
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As far as I know no regular rail service operates compartment stock any longer and almost all conventional stock has access available between carriages.. Even if the idea was deemed desirable the impracticalities of it are probably sufficient to make it a non-starter. However, Mr Corbyn cannot claim the credit for this idea. It already operates in Japan and some other countries:
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And Claire Perry, MP, floated the idea for reconsideration here last September:
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The facility was scrapped in the UK in the mid 70s I think. To reintroduce it today may need some enabling legislation as it would probably fall foul of gender equality laws. But I think the idea that the only way to keep ladies safe on trains is to provide them with their own carriage is a little misguided. Such facilities would probably prove quite an attraction for those slimeballs who are intent on harassing and assaulting women by quite conveniently arranging for a whole carriage to be the focus of their obnoxious behaviour.
This is a particularly fine example of compartment stock which used to operate on the London underground system:
http://
And this is a more recent version which ran on Southern Region commuter services until about 1995 (though not all of this type were compartment stock):
https:/
As far as I know no regular rail service operates compartment stock any longer and almost all conventional stock has access available between carriages.. Even if the idea was deemed desirable the impracticalities of it are probably sufficient to make it a non-starter. However, Mr Corbyn cannot claim the credit for this idea. It already operates in Japan and some other countries:
https:/
And Claire Perry, MP, floated the idea for reconsideration here last September:
http://
The facility was scrapped in the UK in the mid 70s I think. To reintroduce it today may need some enabling legislation as it would probably fall foul of gender equality laws. But I think the idea that the only way to keep ladies safe on trains is to provide them with their own carriage is a little misguided. Such facilities would probably prove quite an attraction for those slimeballs who are intent on harassing and assaulting women by quite conveniently arranging for a whole carriage to be the focus of their obnoxious behaviour.
I'm sure you're right, Eddie !
We have a similar service from London to where I live (goes under the name of the "Pi55head Special"). The number of "Young Ladies" using that service who, shall we say, are "tired and emotional" has increased considerably in recent years and they really are far more obnoxious than their male counterparts.
We have a similar service from London to where I live (goes under the name of the "Pi55head Special"). The number of "Young Ladies" using that service who, shall we say, are "tired and emotional" has increased considerably in recent years and they really are far more obnoxious than their male counterparts.
Mush...I rarely travel by train, as I have very little reason to do so. But I do get the Swansea to Paddington about once a year, and this still had a Buffet the last time I went, which was about a year ago.
This idea is daft, as most on here today have admitted. By this time tomorrow, we will have forgotten about...today's newspapers, tomorrows fish and chip wrappers, as the saying goes.
What the railways need to do is to concentrate on running a punctual service with a seat, on un-crowded and clean trains. without charging exorbitant amounts of money.
The last time I went up to Town and back by train, it cost my employer over £200 !
This idea is daft, as most on here today have admitted. By this time tomorrow, we will have forgotten about...today's newspapers, tomorrows fish and chip wrappers, as the saying goes.
What the railways need to do is to concentrate on running a punctual service with a seat, on un-crowded and clean trains. without charging exorbitant amounts of money.
The last time I went up to Town and back by train, it cost my employer over £200 !
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