TGV Operation

[scotsman]

Been looking at some videos of TGVs recently, and a few questions have sprung to mind:

1 - Who operates the doors?
2 - Does the train manager have as much of a role in the running of the train, as British Train Managers do?

 

[andyc225]

Train manager operates the doors and signals the driver from a panel on the left (on Duplexes anyway) hand side of each door. They do ticket inspections too, in order to enforce the compulsory reservation rule and issue penalty fares to those without a reservation or validated ticket.

 

[TGV]

Doors are released by the driver (but physically opened individually by passengers/staff at the door) and closed by a train manager using said panel referenced above, then he/she closes the door he/she is at last before giving the RA to the driver.

 

[91101]

How do they close them? The only controls seems to be a yellow button?

 

[TGV]

There is a panel next to the door that can only be opened with the Tm's key - behind the door are the controls. But like I said, the controls are rendered useless until the driver selects what side is to be opened once stationary.

 

[scotsman]

Just wondering, do the TMs have PTS(French/Euro equivilant)? Learn the route?

 

[The Barlow Boy]

How do they close them? The only controls seems to be a yellow button?

The T.M.'s door is closed as the train starts moving. At 8 - 10 Kph the door closes. If by 12 Kph the door hasn't closed there is a full brake application initiated. Some years ago a T.M. was killed when he fell out of the train leaning out to look at someone or something as the train departed. No-one realised until the train arrived at he next station. Being French and pragmatic rather than the British knee-jerk reaction T.M.s were told to take more care. The other interesting thing is that the pilot light comes on when the key is turned rather than extinguishing as on British trains. Door close confirmation is by way of both lights -nearside and offside - extinguishing and retraction of the steps. There are no door obstruction lights externally.
It works!

 

[route101]

The T.M.'s door is closed as the train starts moving. At 8 - 10 Kph the door closes. If by 12 Kph the door hasn't closed there is a full brake application initiated. Some years ago a T.M. was killed when he fell out of the train leaning out to look at someone or something as the train departed. No-one realised until the train arrived at he next station. Being French and pragmatic rather than the British knee-jerk reaction T.M.s were told to take more care. The other interesting thing is that the pilot light comes on when the key is turned rather than extinguishing as on British trains. Door close confirmation is by way of both lights -nearside and offside - extinguishing and retraction of the steps. There are no door obstruction lights externally.
It works!

Quite a few trains in europe the doors close when the train is still moving .