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In short:

Footage has emerged of a moving Sydney Metro's carriage door being left wide open during Wednesday morning's commute.

The driverless metro service was running between Chatswood and Crows Nest about 8am.

What's next?

The incident is now under investigation, with the Rail, Tram and Bus Union calling on Sydney Metro to stop operations until interim safety measures are implemented.

Video here (for those who don't like giving Xitter the traffic): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wre_7nKyo8

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[–] No1@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Jesus Christ, is this an April Fools or Betoota article?

Imagine what people would think of the old red rattlers where the doors were always left open, and where the.windows could be opened too

THE HUMANITY!

[–] SenatorCollins@aussie.zone 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yeah, that’s not very typical. I’d like to make that point.

[–] No1@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm becoming disturbed about the number of interviews that Senator Collins is being required to give....

The 'front is falling off' too many things.

[–] SenatorCollins@aussie.zone 2 points 19 hours ago

Well, some of them are built so that the front doesn’t fall off at all.

[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I was hoping you might show up 😆

Tell me, though, how is it un-typical?

[–] SenatorCollins@aussie.zone 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well there are a lot of these metro trains going around Sydney all the time, and very seldom does anything like this happen. I just don’t want people thinking that metro trains aren’t safe.

[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Was this metro train safe?

[–] SenatorCollins@aussie.zone 2 points 19 hours ago

Well, I was thinking more about the other ones.

[–] Nath@aussie.zone 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

When I was a kid, the doors on our trains in Perth were open on trains all the time. They could close, but it was all manual and nobody bothered unless it was raining. So, I'm not too bothered that anyone was in actual danger.

Transport Minister John Graham said the incident was the result of a manual override of the door and the matter would now be the subject of an investigation.

It sounds from this like the door was out of service and not talking to the train, but some dimwit manually opened it somehow.

[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I remember it happening often enough on Melbourne trains in the 90s/00s. Not often, but not a surprise that it happened. I suppose the headline "Passengers mildly concerned at train traveling with door open. Passengers apply common sense and keep away from the open door while the train is in motion" Isn't quite the same headline.