Exactly what 'hero' Huntingdon train driver was trained to do – codeword to hiding

Police are investigating after a multiple stabbing on a train (Image: Getty)

A former train guard has provided some insight into the procedures train staff followed to save lives during a multiple stabbing on Saturday. 11 people were injured on the weekend's horror Doncaster to London service, including Scunthorpe United footballer Jonathan Gjoshe.

Karen in Falkirk, a former train guard of 14 years, told LBC that she does not think rail workers need Tasers. "I think at that point a train guard then becomes a police officer, so you're mixing the roles at the point," she said. "I think that guards are extremely trained, in dealing with marauding attacks, terror attacks or normal attacks.

"But the training involves ensuring people are safe, removing them from that immediate vacinity due to being in an enclosed carriage, and also reporting to the relevant authorities." Karen added: "Your first option is to put out an emergency call for people to stay safe. I think I heard that the guard did, someone did, make that call on Saturday." This would be telling customers to "run, hide and tell".

The train stopped at Huntingdon station (Image: Getty)

This involves hiding in toilets or buffet cars.

British Transport Police (BTP) or the railway control centre must also be contacted, which will provide help at the next available point.

This enabled the driver to manouvre in order to make an unscheduled stop at Huntingdon.

A code word is used for a violent incident on a train, which is straight away prioritised in the signal room, "a bit like a 999 call".

"Everything goes quiet in your control room, and that is the incident you deal with at that time," Karen said.

"The quick actions of signallers, control staff was then able to divert that train driver into that relevant line to get assistance from police."

A man appeared in court today. (Image: Getty)

Anthony Williams, 32, appeared at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on Monday charged with 10 counts of attempted murder after several people were stabbed on an LNER train from Doncaster to London on Saturday.

He is also charged with one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and one count of possession of a bladed article.

An LNER staff member is in a critical but stable condition in hospital following the stabbings.

The intervention by the worker, who has not been named, was described as "heroic" by a police spokesman.

Separately, Williams is charged with one count of attempted murder and possession of a bladed article over an incident at Pontoon Dock DLR station in London in the early hours of Saturday, where a person suffered facial injuries after purportedly being attacked with a knife.