Person sitting on train platform edge causes train speed limit


A person was sitting at the edge of a train platform, swinging their legs over the trackway. This situation caused trains to slow down as a safety measure while efforts were made to contact a station agent.
Audio|Source: Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) - Rail Operations
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Transcript:
Central, 239, (name withheld) 1. As always coming in, someone on the two sides dangling their feet into, or dangling their legs into the trackway. Train 237 approaching Melpitas, two, whole position, reback. Train 237, approaching Melpetus to 237 whole position, rebeck. Reback has cracked 2224. 239, can we have a description of that person? Okay, 239, Maltita's 1. Can we have a description of that person, please? Good shoes. He's probably about the six-car marker. Copy, and if he's still sitting on the yellow shrimp dangling has been over the trackway. Yeah, I try to reach out to him to get him to get up, but he's not listening. Okay, we'll see if we can send a station agent up. Thank you. Station agent at Melpita Central. Station agent at Melpita Central? And station agent at Melpeda Central Station Agent at Melpita. Train, 237, Enroll Manual, run the S2 trucks to Melpeta Station restriction to not exceed 5 miles per hour, re-back. Trang 237 at Rovemine on the S2 Trades, enroll the PSAH restriction that I see 5 off an hour. The reback is correct and released from your whole position, road manual into Melpita. This is due to a person that's sitting on the yellow strip near the six-car marker feet dangling over the trackway. I'm unable to get a hold of the station agent. Let me know what you see. Time is 2228. Train, two, three, seven, restrictions do not exceed 10 miles per hour.
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Location mentioned:
Milpitas, 1755 S Milpitas Blvd, Milpitas, CA 95035
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