Recent content by Expression357

This is quite simple. Manor Road bridge at West Ham station is effectively 3 separate structures - so depending on what line has been struck and from what side, will dictate a certain impact. Whether the vehicle was still stuck underneath the bridge will also prompt a different operational...

As others have said, you have these skills and knowledge and part of your development conversations might be around how you can use them. Exposure to use those skills is unlikely in the job you’re doing though. The CIRO as mentioned is a good route to get exposure to other parts of the roles...

Very minor typo spotted: Chesterfield has been put in as ‘Chestereld’.

That appears to be a camera. Expect it to be suitably High Def. For some defects they can be used to monitor deterioration or to reduce the need to undertake a block after the passage of every train. Reduces the boots on ballast.

Yes. There’s a problem with 227 points causing issues with moves from the Platforms 12-15 to the Down Fast - so there’s a bit of shuffling around. This is due to be fixed tonight with additional access granted.

This issue was dealt with by research commissioned by Transport Focus on behalf of Network Rail in 2015. “Emergency services dealing with an incident” was considered the optimum term. The research can be found Here

Several issues here - some of which is the result of where trains ended up last night. Peterborough Spital Sidings only received 3 out of its 6 Class 700 FLUs and such.

The emergency isolation took out a large section; took until 1745 for the OHL gang to shorten the isolation due to access issues via a farmers field. Once the isolation was shortened, the route off towards Cambridge was available.

GTR already have a member of staff located at York ROC- and have done since around March 2018 - operating as a fringe to the Great Northern Train Service Manager and Thameslink East Train Service Manager who are based in the GTR Control Centre at Three Bridges ROC (Sussex Route Control). The...

Simply put there were so few Airport passengers travelling, that the Gatwick Express dedicated service was suspended. However, the trains still need rotating and there are still Gatwick Express crews that require work, so the GX 387 fleet are operating a majority of the Southern 1A**...

Operational incident is correct in the form of a double SPAD. The need for “destructive testing” is because the SPAD is alleged to have not been a SPAD at all. The driver suggests the signals were at proceed; the system detected a SPAD. If the driver can see a proceed on the ground when the...

Limits of the block are different and it knocks about 35-40 minutes off the rail replacement bus time to Bedford.

There were all sorts of permutations that were possible here because the cost for the recordings were a function of studio time not the number of sound bites. So various clips were recorded “WE ARE FSTVL” - the festival at Upminster; so that for 2 days a year “change at Upminster for bus...

10mph on plain track and 3mph over points and crossings. At such speed there’s quite a significant gapping risk. So needed to make the combined formation long. Unlikely to go down the Sydenham Corridor as going into Selhurst Depot from the Norwood Junction end - don’t want to gap across the...

Trespass Incident at Tulse Hill, emergency traction current discharge. Terminated and detrained there as nowhere to go that wouldn’t have spread further delay.