{"id":181858,"date":"2023-11-25T20:31:27","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T20:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/?p=181858"},"modified":"2023-11-25T20:31:27","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T20:31:27","slug":"hogwarts-express-in-crisis-over-bid-to-ban-slam-doors-on-carriages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/world-news\/hogwarts-express-in-crisis-over-bid-to-ban-slam-doors-on-carriages\/","title":{"rendered":"&apos;Hogwarts Express&apos; in crisis over bid to ban slam doors on carriages"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Harry Potter and the deathly train doors! &#8216;Hogwarts Express&#8217; in health and safety crisis over bid to ban slam doors on its 1950s carriages&#8230; because they are too confusing to GenZ users<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Operator says it will be forced to pay \u00a37million if they need to modernise doors<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hogwarts Express temporarily suspended over summer after concerns raised<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>H eritage\u00a0trains such as Flying Scotsman at risk of being wiped off UK main line<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The operator of the Hogwarts Express and the UK&#8217;s rail regulator are in court battle over safety regulations due to its slam doors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>West Coast Railway (WCR) has been granted a judicial review in a bid to keep the traditional slam doors on their 1950s carriages.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Office for Rail and Road (ORR) said train doors should have a modern central locking system in line with regulations that were put into action 20 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>If they are forced to modernise their doors for safety reasons then it will cost \u00a37million and the operator argued that it will wipe out their profit for a decade.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The WCR has been operating with an exemption to this regulation since 2005, but it expired in June.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As it owns 60 per cent of Britain&#8217;s heritage trains, the WCR fear that this rule could wipe them out and force them off the UK main line.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This includes another Harry Potter classic, the\u00a0Jacobite steam train and the Flying Scotsman, which is a century old and the first train to reach 100mph speeds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/25\/12\/78224771-12790019-image-a-5_1700913986228.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Hogwarts Express service was temporarily suspended over summer after a safety examination raised concerns about secondary door locks<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/25\/12\/78224819-12790019-image-a-6_1700913989020.jpg\" height=\"415\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Office for Rail and Road (ORR) said train doors should have a modern central locking system in line with regulations that were put into action 20 years ago (stock image)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/25\/12\/78224899-12790019-image-a-7_1700914021310.jpg\" height=\"432\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>King Charles travelled to north Yorkshire in June in a royal train which was pulled by the Flying Scotsman to celebrate its hundredth anniversary<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/25\/12\/78224901-12790019-image-a-8_1700914022800.jpg\" height=\"453\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Trains like the Flying Scotsman (pictured) is at risk of being taken off the UK main line\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>King Charles travelled to north Yorkshire in June in a royal train which was pulled by the Flying Scotsman to celebrate its hundredth anniversary.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This comes after a clampdown on older carriages, amid fears that younger passengers are unfamiliar with them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There have also been cases where train doors have been unlocked when the locomotive was in motion.<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0Historic train carriages are taken out of service&#8230; because Gen Z passengers can&#8217;t work out how to open the doors<\/h3>\n<p>The Severn Valley Railway&#8217;s health and safety manager, Richard Morris, said &#8216;There have been some events where the Great Western carriage doors have been found to be open on arrival at stations or mid-section (while train is moving).<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0&#8216;Lack of awareness from a younger demographic of visitor and ever increasing pressure from the rail regulator means the railway has to be proactive.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Some heritage trains\u00a0still use old-fashioned bolt systems above each door in the carriage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Hogwarts Express service was temporarily suspended over summer after a safety examination raised concerns about secondary door locks.<\/p>\n<p>Passengers were &#8216;at risk&#8217; of falling from their carriages or being hit whilst leaning out of their windows, according to the ORR.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An ORR spokesperson said:\u00a0&#8216;As the rail regulator our role is to ensure that Britain&#8217;s railways are run safely.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There has been a regulation in place since 2005 which prohibits the operation on the main line of carriages with hinged doors for use by passengers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The majority of charter heritage operators have either complied with the regulation by installing central door locking or have a plan in place to do so. Services can operate with compliant carriages.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The WCR have been contacted by MailOnline for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A decision is expected next year.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12790019\/Harry-Potter-deathly-train-doors-Hogwarts-Express-health-safety-crisis-bid-ban-slam-doors-1950s-carriages-confusing-GenZ-users.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harry Potter and the deathly train doors! &#8216;Hogwarts Express&#8217; in health and safety crisis over bid to ban slam doors on its 1950s carriages&#8230; because they are too confusing to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181857,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&amp;apos;Hogwarts Express&amp;apos; in crisis over bid to ban slam doors on carriages - Hot World Report<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/world-news\/hogwarts-express-in-crisis-over-bid-to-ban-slam-doors-on-carriages\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&amp;apos;Hogwarts Express&amp;apos; in crisis over bid to ban slam doors on carriages - Hot World Report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Harry Potter and the deathly train doors! 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