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    Rail workers in 'train near-miss'

    The RSSB and network rail don't like lookouts. They would rather have the very busy signaller use a reminder appliance to protect staff working on the track. It's not like the signaller has anything else to worry about, like set swaps, plat alts, trespassers, track circuit failure, rail...
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    Guards Comments when leaving York.

    I was on a train leaving York for Harrogate. We left 4 mins late. the guard said that we were late departing due to an incompetent signaller running Transpennine and East Coast services first. I asked the signaller concerned and he ran the 2 late running express trains first then the Harrogate...
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    Virgin train fails to stop at station - how does this happen?

    I had a driver ring me from York station.(I was a Signaller). He told me he had a passenger for Ulleskelf who had missed the last train, but his TOC would not issue him with a special stop order. He asked if he could be sent to Leeds via Ulleskelf for "route retention purposes." I was more than...
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    Re-Boarding An Empty Train And The Possible Consequences

    We had a call from Driver on his way to the depot reporting someone left on the train. We (the Signalbox) told him to return to the station but control told him to carry on to the depot. They soon stopped that when we reminded them of the 1889 railway act. To accidentally send a passenger over...
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    Staff travel card and weekend first.

    If I fill in a box to travel, and I want to upgrade to weekend first, how much do I pay? Is it full weekend first (£25.00) or 25% of that?
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