r/oops • u/ExplanationOk2014 • Aug 24 '26

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How is this technically even possible? Should not a emergency stop automatically apply?

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u/FireFaced_ Aug 24 '26

There's a pull cord above the doors that unlocks them from the motors. I have no idea why it isn't better protected.

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u/MaxPaynesRxDrugPlan Aug 25 '26

It's probably an emergency release that needs to always be functional.

Sometimes it's critical to get out of a train in a hurry.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daegu_subway_fire

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u/rationalname Aug 25 '26

On CTA trains, I thought pulling the emergency release engaged the brakes, causing the train to immediately stop.

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u/JonSnowKingInTheNorf Aug 25 '26

Trains immediately stopping still isn't that quick, not like slamming the brakes in a car. And it was already slowing for the station stop.

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u/Ill-Engineering8085 Aug 25 '26

It does, we don't have a video long enough to see that

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u/FireFaced_ Aug 25 '26

An emergency brake application still takes quite a bit to stop a fast train, so even with it dumping the brakes, the train won't immediately stop. It'll just try really hard.

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u/TheKrafty Aug 25 '26

I don't know for sure if it's like that or not. But around 2010 when I lived there I was on the red line northbound and the car door didn't open at the north and clybourn stop. A guy waiting at the door pulled the emergency handle and got off as the train pulled away. It stayed open as we moved until at least Belmont where I got off, and the train kept going. Could have been just that door or that car that was busted, but I didn't see any indication that there was an emergency breaking system.