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alexander koryagin
Aug 8, 2019, 10:35:01 AM8/8/19
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Paddington station: Commuter gets 27k pounds for 'possible pigeon poo slip'
By Thomas Mackintosh
BBC News, London
8 August 2019
A commuter received P27,602 from Network Rail after "possibly
slipping" on pigeon poo at Paddington station.
Data obtained by the BBC has revealed Network Rail has paid out
nearly P1m in five years for slips, trips and falls at its stations
across the UK.
Over half of the payouts were made following accidents at Euston,
Paddington, Victoria and Liverpool Street stations.
Network Rail said a "tiny fraction" of commuters "experience a
mishap".
In the five years up to the end of 2018-19 financial year a total of
P951,360 was paid out in compensation.
The highest single amount was P39,631 for a passenger who "slipped
on some liquid" at Charing Cross station.
Other passengers have received large payouts for slips at Paddington
(P36,392) and Euston (P35,721) while another commuter received P
28,000 after suffering a "possible lacerated finger" at Liverpool
Street.
Settlements made by Network Rail were said to reflect the claims and
would take into account not only the injury but the wider impact.
Network Rail's Philip Thrower said Network Rail was a company that
took its "responsibilities seriously".
He added: "With tens of millions of people using our stations every
day, only a tiny fraction of a percent experience a mishap.
"If we are at fault for causing damage or injury to anyone, we
rightly compensate them for those accidents and put in place new
ways of working to stop them from happening again."
Network Rail manages 20 stations across the UK including 11 in
London.
Others include stations in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester,
Liverpool, Birmingham, Reading, Guildford and Bristol Temple Meads.
Victoria was the railway station that saw the highest number of
successful claims paid out by Network Rail - 44.
Waterloo (32), Leeds (32), Euston (27) and Liverpool Street (24)
also feature highly.
Guildford and Glasgow Central were the only Network Rail-run
stations not to have had a compensation claim paid out in the past
five financial years.
The lowest amount paid out by Network Rail was P10 to a commuter who
slipped on ice at Victoria station "suffering personal injury and
damage to their suit".
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-49256251
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Bye, All!
Alexander Koryagin
-----Beginning of the citation-----
Paddington station: Commuter gets 27k pounds for 'possible pigeon poo slip'
By Thomas Mackintosh
BBC News, London
8 August 2019
A commuter received P27,602 from Network Rail after "possibly
slipping" on pigeon poo at Paddington station.
Data obtained by the BBC has revealed Network Rail has paid out
nearly P1m in five years for slips, trips and falls at its stations
across the UK.
Over half of the payouts were made following accidents at Euston,
Paddington, Victoria and Liverpool Street stations.
Network Rail said a "tiny fraction" of commuters "experience a
mishap".
In the five years up to the end of 2018-19 financial year a total of
P951,360 was paid out in compensation.
The highest single amount was P39,631 for a passenger who "slipped
on some liquid" at Charing Cross station.
Other passengers have received large payouts for slips at Paddington
(P36,392) and Euston (P35,721) while another commuter received P
28,000 after suffering a "possible lacerated finger" at Liverpool
Street.
Settlements made by Network Rail were said to reflect the claims and
would take into account not only the injury but the wider impact.
Network Rail's Philip Thrower said Network Rail was a company that
took its "responsibilities seriously".
He added: "With tens of millions of people using our stations every
day, only a tiny fraction of a percent experience a mishap.
"If we are at fault for causing damage or injury to anyone, we
rightly compensate them for those accidents and put in place new
ways of working to stop them from happening again."
Network Rail manages 20 stations across the UK including 11 in
London.
Others include stations in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester,
Liverpool, Birmingham, Reading, Guildford and Bristol Temple Meads.
Victoria was the railway station that saw the highest number of
successful claims paid out by Network Rail - 44.
Waterloo (32), Leeds (32), Euston (27) and Liverpool Street (24)
also feature highly.
Guildford and Glasgow Central were the only Network Rail-run
stations not to have had a compensation claim paid out in the past
five financial years.
The lowest amount paid out by Network Rail was P10 to a commuter who
slipped on ice at Victoria station "suffering personal injury and
damage to their suit".
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-49256251
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Bye, All!
Alexander Koryagin
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