safety not a priority

[justanotheruser]

A couple of weeks ago at one station there was a steady stream of people getting off the train when the doors shut. This left one person with their hand caught in the doors unable to get it out and several people on the train who could not get off at their stop.  If it wasn't a steady stream of people getting off I would say unfortunate mistake but not in this case. The guard clearly just didn't look.

I wonder how easily this problem could be solved. Is it really as simple as station staff coming out of the office and clearing a train to leave? I believe so. I have seen stations with three staff and not a single one comes out when a train arrives. At my local station where there is only one staff member they always go out and clear the train. They told me it was part of their job but most don't bother! Maybe they need to bother before someone gets dragged along a platform which is what would have happened in the above case had it not been for a man pulling the doors open a bit so the lady could get her hand out.

[mufreight]

Obviously the passenger in this case ignored the announcement that says Doors closing please stand clear.
This does not excuse the guard who obviously did not do the eyeball check before giving the driver the right away signal for the driver to actuate the door closing sequence.
Normal operating practice is that under the present system the trains are operated by the driver and a guard as many stations are unstaffed for much of the operating day, consider the Perth systen where trains are operated driver only which will at some time in the future become the norm for similar commuter operations.