§ Mr. HAYESasked the Minister of Transport whether representations have been made from any source to his Department of the danger to the public of understaffing underground railway trains fitted with automatic doors; whether, since these doors have been in operation, there have been any accidents reported and, if so, how many?
§ Lieut.-Colonel MOORE-BRABAZONThe Ministry's officers have had the pneumatically-operated doors referred to under close observation during the three or four years they have been in use on the underground railways, and they are satisfied that safety requirements are fully met. I am informed by the railway company that the use of these doors has been free from accident and has proved in other respects satisfactory, particularly in allowing considerably improved door-way accommodation to be afforded, and thereby reducing congestion when passengers enter and leave the trains. The company state further that the action of the doors is fully safeguarded, and that the staff employed is, in their opinion, quite adequate.