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Train left driverless

Monday 19 September 1994 23:02 BST
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A DRIVERLESS Tube train travelled nearly two miles at speed on the Piccadilly line after its driver bypassed the dead man's handle safety brake by hanging a bag on it, a court was told. Subhash Ramanuj, 38, of Hanwell, west London, who denies endangering passengers, was left at King's Cross when he got out to shut a jammed door. The case continues.

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