slam-door

slam-door (not comparable)

1. (UK, rail transport) Applied to an older kind of passenger train with heavy doors, opened from the inside by reaching out of the window to the handle on the outside.
   • 2005, Great Britain, The South Eastern Passenger Rail Franchise, National Audit Office:

     At the time of the termination of the franchise, CSE was also part-way through a programme of introducing new trains to replace 622 of its oldest trains including its 558 slam-door vehicles.

   • 2009, Benedict le Vay, Britain from the Rails: A Window Gazer's Guide, page 258:

     And as for slam-door trains, you can bet there will be some teenagers growing up soon who just stand there with the door closed and have no idea why the train has moved off without letting them out...

   • 2010, Matthew Engel, Eleven Minutes Late: A Train Journey to the Soul of Britain:

     First Great Western trains are often characterized by this curious air of panic. It's a combination of the company's attempts to repair its dreadful reputation for punctuality, and the 1970s slam-door carriages.

   • 2020 April 8, Howard Johnston, “East-ended? When the ECML was at risk”, in Rail, page 68:

     For long-suffering suburban passengers, 1970 represented a milestone as the beginning of the demise of the slam-door multiple unit.

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