§ 37. Mrs. Ayrton Gouldasked the Minister of Transport if he is aware that a crowded train on the Piccadilly Railway broke down in Ravenscourt Park Station at about 5.50 on 18th July and that the conductor refused to allow the passengers to alight for 22 minutes; and if he will see that in future conductors are 510 instructed to open the doors of a train that breaks down in a station even if it is not scheduled to stop at that station in the ordinary way.
§ Mr. BarnesI am informed that the train in question was held by signal at Ravenscourt Park Station because another train ahead had developed a defect. I am informed that there was a delay of seven, not 22, minutes, before the doors were opened. The London Passenger Transport Board regret that on this occasion their standing regulation as to the opening of the doors was not carried out more promptly.