https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/train-emergency-alarms

Train emergency alarm delays rise as more passengers call for help
https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/train-emergency-alarms

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Train emergency alarm delays rise as more passengers call for help

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/train-emergency-alarms
• Owner: BBC-Data-Unit
• Created: 2020-01-29T11:33:45.000Z (about 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-01-29T13:58:49.000Z (about 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-27T08:31:05.868Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: alarms, delays, trains, transport
• Language: R
• Homepage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-51189119
• Size: 9.77 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Train emergency alarm delays rise as more passengers call for help

![](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/144D8/production/_110606138_delayminutes-nc.png)

In January 2020 **Rob England** [reported](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-51189119) on a rise in passengers using emergency alarm systems on trains, causing increasing delays.

## Get the data

* XLS: [Analysis of RDG data](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/train-emergency-alarms/blob/master/RDG%20data.xlsx)

* PDF: [Statistical Release: Rail passenger numbers and crowding on weekdays in major cities in England and Wales: 2018](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/820770/Rail_Passenger_Numbers_and_Crowding_2018.pdf), Department for Transport

## Quotes and interviews

* Amit Champaneri, passenger

* Spokesman, South Western Railway 

* Sam Jennings, passenger, Streatham

* Chris Fowler, customer services director, Southern Rail

* Anthony Smith, from passenger watchdog Transport Focus

* Susie Homan, director of planning, engineering and operations, Rail Delivery Group (RDG)

* Spokesperson, Greater Anglia

## Visualisation

* Column chart: Rail delays due to onboard alarms, 2017-2019

* Column chart: Alarm activations on trains, 2017-2019

## Scripts

* [R script for visualisation](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/train-emergency-alarms/blob/master/em_brakes.R)