'Stop train guard threat' after Leeds Station 'mayhem', says union

By The Newsroom
Published 8th Feb 2018, 07:55 BST
Updated 8th Feb 2018, 13:45 BST
The decoupled train at Leeds. Picture by Marc Thornton.The decoupled train at Leeds. Picture by Marc Thornton.
The decoupled train at Leeds. Picture by Marc Thornton.
A union has called on a rail company to reconsider its position on train guards after carriages 'de-coupled' outside Leeds Station.

Northern's Manchester Victoria to Leeds service separated just outside Leeds rail station at 3.15pm yesterday, causing severe delays.

Forty passengers were evacuated from the service, but nobody was injured.Mick Cash, general secretary of the RMT union, said: "RMT awaits the findings from the investigation into this potentially horrific incident but once again it demonstrates the need to have a guard on Northern Rail trains to deal with these emergency situations.

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"What we do know is that there was a guard on board this service who was at the rear of the train with the full suite of safety competencies for exactly this kind of situation.