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    Driver parking London Bridge

    The person asked about London Bridge. The only TOC with a depot is Southern. So not sure what your point is. AFAIK all drivers at London Bridge come under the taxi agreement.
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    Driver parking London Bridge

    London Bridge has a taxi agreement for when you can't get public transport. You local line manager / union rep will provide details I'm sure.
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    Beckenham Junction station footbridge

    When I last saw work being undertaken on the Beckenham footbridge there was a block on the line, with a scaffolding platform in the four foot up to the bridge. I suspect they have to wait for periodic closures Chatham mainline (when other more important infrastructure work is scheduled) to work...
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    List of Train Drivers who perished in the line of duty

    Brian Cooper and Michael Hodder at Ladbroke Grove too.
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    Mark Harper will be on Laura Kuenssberg's programme today (27/11/2022 BBC1 09:00)

    Such a poorly worded letter. I would have thought the SOS (or advisors writing it for him) would have a better command of the language than that. "There is a way forwards to meet everyone's needs" "Let me set out how I think we can help support that" Not exactly wordsmiths at the DFT.
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    GwR HSTs to be stood down

    I expect so, as they are diagrammed to drive the PZ-Cardiff trains.
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    GWR Pullman dining reinstated

    If GWR have advertised Pullman Dining in the Dec 2022 timetable, then does this suggest it's not being axed ?
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    PRIV Oyster

    I've had my PRIV rate added at the TFL travel centre at Victoria mainline station a few times, no issues.
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    Inefficiency of London Victoria - West Croydon services.

    The signalling at Norwood Junction does not allow what you are suggesting. Platforms 4, 5 and 6 are signalled in the 'down' direction only, nor does the point-work exist to go from those platforms to the 'up' spur towards Bromley Junction/Crystal Palace. If you are suggesting making the 'down'...
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    Inefficiency of London Victoria - West Croydon services.

    The stations you mention - CDN, RHM, PUR, PUO, SCY - already have a half hourly service during the daytime, and loadings from those stations (particularly CDN, RHM, PUO) out of peak hours are quite light. Vast majority of passengers want to go to Victoria or London Bridge. They will either board...
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    Preparation for a trainee driver course

    This ^. The training school hours were the best. My body has been crying ever since :D
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    Caledonian Sleeper: How should it be run and what changes would you like to see?

    You could make this cyclical argument about who is "deserving" of various public services until the end of time - eg why on earth should I subsidise the healthcare of people who abuse their bodies with alcohol and fags? If you have tunnel vision on the individual costs and benefits then clearly...
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    Caledonian Sleeper

    Yes, ask him to shut up or go elsewhere.
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    Night working for passenger TOCs

    Shots fired :lol:
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    Caledonian Sleeper: How should it be run and what changes would you like to see?

    By that logic, since I don't have any children I should be free to opt out of paying for schools, since I derive no direct benefit. It boils down to what role you see for the railways and what societal benefit they provide. If the primary focus is the bottom line they you'll be disappointed.
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