Conductor Runs To Next Station After Train Leaves Without Him

There are two important pesons on the train – the driver and the conductor. This unfortunate train conductor was forced to run nearly a kilometer along the tracks to the next station on the weekend after his train left without him O_o

The JR Ome Line rapid service train for Tokyo departed JR Higashi-Nakagami Station in the Tokyo city of Akishima at around 8:20 a.m. Sunday without its conductor, forcing him to run nearly one kilometer along the railway tracks to the next stop to catch the train.

According to East Japan Railway Co. (JR East)’s Hachioji branch, the conductor was locked out of the control cabin and trapped in a passenger compartment of the running train while he was taking care of a drunk passenger sleeping on a seat.

When the train stopped at Higashi-Nakagami Station, he manually opened the train doors and slid out of the carriage. The doors were apparently closed again before anyone else could get off or on.

The conductor hurried back to the control cabin to open the doors anew for the passengers; however, before he could get back in, the driver departed thinking that the passengers had already got off the train as the monitor indicated the door operation records as normal.

Some 10 people failed to get off at Higashi-Nakagami Station, while about 40 people saw off the train leaving without them.

The driver noticed the absence of his colleague when the doors remained closed after arriving at Nishi-Tachikawa Station. He then waited for about nine minutes for the conductor to catch up.

Source: Mainichi Japan

Thankfully it was the train conductor and not the train driver. Otherwise it would be an even bigger joke LOL