On the underground, when they say 'someone taken ill on a train', what do they actually meant?

Question

Why should the fact that someone is ill on a train mean they are delayed?

Answer 1

I would have thought this is obvious. If someone is ill, some kind of emergency service is called, the train stays in the station until they arrive and take the ill passenger off the train. No?

Answer 2

Because when someone has a heart attack or other life threatening event aboard the train, they like to stop and get them aid even if it inconveniences you.

Answer 3

If somebody is ill . . .they can't just leave them!

plus it would be impossible to ignore!

Answer 4

Someone probably pulled the alarm - perhaps outside a station or at a station and they had to get medical help.  That would mean if the tube was stuck at a station nothing behind it could get past - hence the delay.  Annoying - especially in London this morning when all busses, trains and tubes seemed to be buggered up!

Answer 5

It means another innocent passenger has been shot dead after being mistaken for a terrorist.

Answer 6

Itmeans someone has commited suicide by jumping under a train and the trains are stopped until they have removed the remains and i mean remains of the body.

Answer 7

self explanatory question........  

the crew are waiting for the ambulance, or any medical officer...

if someone is taken ill on the train, the crew are instructed to wait with the person till the medics arrive, and not just dump them off onto the platform....... so it will cause a delay....

Answer 8

it means someone is ill on the train and it is not safe to move them without medical attention. they will always try to get ill people off the train and onto a platform to keep the train moving but sometimes this is not possible.

Answer 9

maybe they swallowed some of the leaves that always seem to appear on the track...just before your stop....

Answer 10

They will have called for medical assistance & will be waiting for medics.

Answer 11

Because perhpas the train needs to stop so the person can get help!!!

Answer 12

They have to leave the person on the train until the paramedics get to them! Preferably stationary at a platform!

Answer 13

might not be able to move them. either that or the train has broken down and its their excuse for the delay. suppose its better than when they say someone jumped infront of the train!!

Answer 14

It is by way of an explanation for the cause of the delay,- if applicable, and is generally appreciated by  the travelling public.  It is sometimes reported that there is ice or leaves on the line to explain the reason for the late arrival.  It has got to be better than no explanation.

Answer 15

Probably means that someone has jumped in front of the train

Answer 16

It means someone has pulled the emergency stop cord, normally because someone has fainted.

Answer 17

Are you totally Thick?

If a person is taken ill, the emergency cord is usually pulled. The train then stops in a tunnel....Once the driver has found out what has happened, he has to get permission from the signaller to move the train into a station. While the train is on the move, the signaller then has to contact the emergency services. The train then arrives into the station & then has to wait for the emergency services to arrive. The person who has been taken ill is not allowed to be moved from the train until the doctor has seen them and ascertained what is wrong. if its safe to move the person from the train. then the train can continue its journey. Hence the delay!!!!

Answer 18

they have gotten sick