bet youre glad the 4VEPS/CEPs and other "slam door" trains are gone! pretty much all we had when i lived on the south coast.

Guards must have hated them as so many selfish twats would jump on/off the train leaving the door open so the guard had to run down the platform slamming all the doors as he went

Got stuck on a 4VEP just outside southbourne station for an hour as a kid. Was getting off there (where i lived) when the fucker broke down with the cab just over the level crossing just shy of the platform!! in those days they had a signal box and good old swing gates at the crossing then!!