Got this e-mail from MBCR regarding a change in policy about exiting trains.
Customer Service Notice
Control Coach Changes
Monday, January 11, 2010!
Effective January 11, 2010, except in the case of emergency, customers will no longer be allowed to enter or exit from the “operating end†of the control coach. The engineer operates the train from this location on inbound trips. Upon arrival into Boston, there are mandatory safety duties for engineers to perform which do not allow for foot traffic through the operating end of these coaches.
Signs will be placed on the coach door on that end of all control cars to remind customers of this rule.
Please enter and exit only through a door that is attended by a crewmember.
We appreciate that there will be some inconvenience to our passengers that are accustomed to using the control car exit door, but for safety reasons we must enforce this new policy.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
Given this has NEVER been an issue in the past, it sounds like the lawyers are dictating operating policy again. I've noted this week that they've already started placing "Authorized Personnel Only" decals on the internal cab car doors.
As I recall, MBCR tried enforcing a similar rule about eight or nine months ago - that lasted all of a week.
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