Re: How Many Railway Staff to Push a Wheelchair?

"Stephen" <newsmail04@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Now I know that it sounds like one of the light bulb jokes but the answer
> to this apparently is nine.
>
> Yep you heard right, nine!
>
> My eye was caught by a number of Network Rail and station staff in orange
> vests as I alighted from a bus. Seeing a few NR branded cars in the car
> park I decided to be a little nosey to see what they were up to. I
> couldn't believe that a member of station staff was given the job of
> pushing (well, pulling to be exact) someone in a wheelchair over the
> tracks on the barrow crossing whilst all eight NR staff followed it
> across. The member of station staff then left the person in the wheelchair
> with the NR staff all looking at the barrow crossing. They should have
> just used the lifts as then it would have just been one man!
>
> If I hadn't of seen that I wouldn't of believed it to be true!
>

Well, at my local station (which I think I will decline to identify on this
occasion just in case I'm describing a non approved move) none, or maybe one
depending on your definition.   I have watched two wheelchairs arrive on
more than one occasion - each with it's own helper and they wheel up to the
barrow crossing.   Once the train has been despatched the man who runs the
station joins them and phones the box for authority to cross.   That given
all 5 now cross with the station man acting as lookout and helping if
required (only seen that needed once).   Once across the box is phoned again
to announce success (at least I guess that's the point) and everyone goes on
their way.
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