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[atomicdanny]

Ah yes, that's a reference to the person who also believes that London-Scotland trains on the ECML are "nearly empty" between Edinburgh and Newcastle When I asked which service he boarded or what evidence he had, I failed to get a response.

To his defence though the only two that I travelled on a ECML (it was GNER at the time) at about 12:30 and it was fairly quiet until newcastle, although it wasn't much busier until york and even then it wasn't full up (i.e. all seats full and standing like on the WMCL)

The second time - this time NXEC the 10:20am (approx) from Haymarket (Train came from Glasgow Central), but I got off at Newcastle, and that was fairly empty, and also the same with the return Cross Country Voyager (but then that was at about 18:30-40 though!, I can't remember the exact time though)

but then I'm guessing these were probably the "quieter" times of the day?

 

[313103]

As you can gather most people on here have an idea of what company i work for and could quite easily hazard a guess as to where i am based.

I could also of quite easily used my company email address when i registered for this forum but i used my personal one instead.

As a former trade union rep i am well aware of the use of internet forums such as this and of social networking sites like facebook, i have many friends in facebook but apart from a couple of driver managers i have no other friend who is in senior postitions within this and former companies even though i know that they are on there as well.

I do my best to be very careful when disclosing things that are not in the public domain, and when things are in the public domain i am once again careful as to what i will say knowing the reprecussions if it is wrong.

Sometimes it can very hard not say what others are thinking and when you have a greivence it is quite easy nowadays for it to be boomed around the world at the press of a button.

 

[starrymarkb]

To his defence though the only two that I travelled on a ECML (it was GNER at the time) at about 12:30 and it was fairly quiet until newcastle, although it wasn't much busier until york and even then it wasn't full up (i.e. all seats full and standing like on the WMCL)

The second time - this time NXEC the 10:20am (approx) from Haymarket (Train came from Glasgow Central), but I got off at Newcastle, and that was fairly empty, and also the same with the return Cross Country Voyager (but then that was at about 18:30-40 though!, I can't remember the exact time though)

but then I'm guessing these were probably the "quieter" times of the day?

its not really a defence in this guys case. Anything less then all HS2 services calling at Middlesborough won't satisfy him. I did try compromising by suggesting a Parkway near DTV airport but that wasn't good enough

 

[Wyvern]

It's not just the railway companies that monitor these sites. The hmri monitors you tube, and probably a few other sites as well.

I wonder if they (and Network Rail) read Death By Health and Safety as well

 

[37401]

I wonder if they (and Network Rail) read Death By Health and Safety as well

Just clicked that This made me chuckle like one of the brothers

You should consider a train to be 'approaching' and move to a position of safety if -

-it is on the line that you are working or walking on
-it is on a line that is within 3m (10 feet) of your site of work/walking route
-it could be routed onto a line that is within 3m (10 feet) of your site of work/walking route
-it is on a line that you have to cross in order to reach the position of safety
-it is not possible to be certain which line the train is on at the required sighting distance
-it is not a holographic projection
-it is not a function of hallucinogenic drugs
-it is now within 1.25m (4 feet) of your left ear and you are still in the four-foot
-it is on a line that has your job on it
-it is on a line that has to be drawn somewhere
-it is not possible to be certain whether the driver is alert, competent, conscious or alive
-your Rimini pack is not available as a bufferstop
-your have reached the limit of your patience
-your site of work can be seen clearly from a manager's office
-there is no phone at the nearest signal from which to seek advice from your mum
-your workgroup has not yet read the morning paper
-the safety of the director's bonus could be affected
-LOWS, TOWS and ATWS are in use on another planet
-your Rimini planner still works part-time at Tescos
-the lookout had a dodgy curry last night
-a crane or heron is foul of the line
-a live Sky game kicks-off in half-an-hour
-two or more COSSs are sharing the same trousers
-the running rails are not made of jelly
-a woman in a short skirt/skimpy top is passing and can be seen more clearly from the cess
-ash is being emitted from an Icelandic volcano
-the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides
-the chicken came before the egg (or vice versa).

 

[Wyvern]

Apparently, after consideration by a number of committees, an approaching train is defined as one that is coming toward you.

 

[ralphchadkirk]

Apparently, after consideration by a number of committees, an approaching train is defined as one that is coming toward you.

Whatever gave you that idea!

It's blatantly this one:

-a woman in a short skirt/skimpy top is passing and can be seen more clearly from the cess

 

[Old Timer]

It has only been necessary for this to be explained to Network Rail staff. :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

Infrastructure Contractors staff and the rest of the world apparantly have no problem in understanding the term.

Further comment would only result in upset.

 

[yorkie]

but then I'm guessing these were probably the "quieter" times of the day?

Very much so, especially if these were weekdays during the middle of a normal working week. Every train I've ever got has been well loaded, and more often than not quite wedged. Some trains are always full and standing e.g. the 1730 from EDB any day of the week. You can go to any busy route at 1230 on a normal working weekday and see quiet trains.

Anyway he refused to say which train he was on, so I take that as an admission of being incorrect.

 

[spoony]

Losing a job in these circumstances is hardly confined to railways, here are examples:

Woman 'sacked' on Facebook for complaining about her boss after forgetting she had added him as a friend - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...book-boss-insult-forgetting-added-friend.html

Scots Labour candidate sacked over Twitter insults - http://politics.caledonianmercury.com/2010/04/09/scots-labour-candidate-sacked-over-twitter-insults/

Crew sacked over Facebook posts - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7703129.stm

It should be fairly obvious to anyone that posting adverse opinions about their employers could be constituted as gross misconduct. In fact its written into my contract!

 

[j0hn0]

same here, but..... (there's always a but)

For example, I work for Vodafone and I have posted a concise opinion about the product that I have just been working on. But on THIS forum.

Does it matter what forum?

I am of course interested in trains and there is a huge business behind it. I merely work for Vodafone (1 more day to go mind) but I am not interested in telecomms.

I envy those who work in a job they love. My girlfriends Dad has been driving trains all his life, I haven't met anyone so at ease and contented