What I am about to suggest will of course not be feasible on every line. However, on the whole, where Saturday demand in 2022 is not greater than Mon-Fri peak demand in 2019, there should be enough rolling stock to cover the demand. In some cases double units could become the rule rather than the exception.
Too lazy to hold it to their ear. Just like those who are too bone idle to keep their feet on the floor.
Grrrrr!!! I concur with you.
My wife mentioned being on a Thameslink train and the driver opened the cab door to tell a bloke shouting into his phone that he can hear every word of it in the cab and pointed out that there are other passengers within earshot, he did apologise and ended the call blaming it on "a row with the missus"!
He probably found it distracting and if he politely informed the passenger that everyone could hear his rather loud conversation it seems a very reasonable thing to do. I am sure other passengers were pleased when the driver got the passenger to end his loud phone conversation.
I had many calls from drivers asking to move or talk to the people directly next to cab doors. Usually it's due to smoking or loud music, but I'd be more than happy to deal with anything that could distract a driver. Some cab doors are brilliant as soundproofing but most seem totally inadequate
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Like yourself, I try and deal with it myself rather than getting the guard involved. Some of our trains can be non gangwayed, so there's no chance of the guard getting to the front anyway.Quite rightly. Albeit, if possible, I’d far rather try and deal with it myself at a station rather than asking the guard to assist.
Cab doors do vary. A colleague even had to put up with vomit flowing into the cab under the door a few years back. It was his train home (and the last train of the night) so no real option but to continue
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NR should have a list of these events but unfortunately this has become somewhat irrelevant of late with NR just pushing blocks through to get work done regardless. Can't plan for a non rainy weekend unfortunately.
This particular possession wasn't a 12 month notice one, much less than that.
Version 1 and a work of fiction frankly with changes all the way upto CPPP stage.
The other end is first class and the galley behind the cab (this is also part of the crumple zone, but nobody seems to have noticed). The customer hosts generally make more racket on their phones/wittering on about ‘Selebrity get me outa here etc. than passengers ever do.
But, if I went back and told them to shut up, they’d refuse to make me tea and/or spit into it, so I have to suck it up.
On the railway, one learns to choose one’s battles carefully
I wonder if it is auto-transformer work between London and Shenfield?
That it may be but the Network Code dictates and TOCs would soon be crying if we didnt declare.
On our IC stock We have the non first class end, immediately behind the cab, dedicated to cycles/crumple zone, so only the driver allowed in (gee thanks, I guess that’s why we get paid the “big” bucks
The other end is first class and the galley behind the cab (this is also part of the crumple zone, but nobody seems to have noticed). The customer hosts generally make more racket on their phones/wittering on about ‘Selebrity get me outa here etc. than passengers ever do.
But, if I went back and told them to shut up, they’d refuse to make me tea and/or spit into it, so I have to suck it up.
On the railway, one learns to choose one’s battles carefully
Crying babies are just part of life. What are parents meant to do?
The solution to that one is to drink bottled water instead! Contrary to popular belief, not quite everyone runs on tea, and not doing so conveniently allows avoidance of all sorts of etiquette issues in various settings.
.Yes the driver was polite and the passenger responded accordingly with an apology, he maybe didn't realise that he was next to the drivers cab and passengers further down the train could hear him, the train was lightly loaded and nobody was in close proximity to him.
