[e17]

Anything from a more relevant era, perhaps one in which passengers aboard an underground train weren't allowed to smoke a cigar?

[KineticLensman]

> Anything from a more relevant era

Here you go: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_London_Underground_acc...

Incidentally, I narrowly avoided one of these accidents: The Kings Cross fire of 1987 [1] which killed 31 people. This was caused by a fire under a (wooden) escalator that hadn't been cleaned. I passed through about an hour before the fire started. I was returning from a conference in London. A friend and I had planned to have a quick pint before travelling back but he felt ill so we didn't. Otherwise we would have been right in it. This was before mobile phones so my wife saw the event on the news and was of course desperately concerned that I had been it.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Cross_fire

[e17]

This subthread you are commenting on is about head-on collisions. There have been none since 1975 and I think you will agree that given that passengers on that train were wearing hats and smoking pipes, it's not particularly relevant to any kind of modern railway.

[KineticLensman]

>> I'm talking about any kind of general emergency.

Hence me posting the list of general accidents

[e17]

> The train driver is the most susceptible to die. You're better assisted by a remote operator

The driver didn't die in any of the recent incidents, so they would still be in place to manage the situation.

Interestingly, 7/7/05 isn't on the list, presumably because it wasn't an accident. That's exactly the kind of incident that is relevant in the context of this parent thread.

[KineticLensman]

It would be interesting to where on the train is statistically the most survivable.

> Interestingly, 7/7/05 isn't on the list, presumably because it wasn't an accident

Yes, would also be interesting to know how many crime / related incidents are 'managed' by crew or station staff.

[Symbiote]

There's a list.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_London_Underground_acc...

[e17]

Assuming you've read the list, you will know that the answer is no. No head-on tube collisions in my lifetime or in any other relevant modern era of any definition.