Recent content by Llanigraham

That proposal is even more fanciful than reopening the Aberystwyth Carmarthen line.

How can they "fudge" the arrival times when they are recorded automatically by a system that the TOC's have no access to?

Signallers don't know and probably are too busy to worry about it.

I can assure that there are plenty of people who do know what they are talking about in those circles who do know that any "internal" line is a pointless and very expensive pipedream and will not happen.

I visited the Pete Waterman's model railway at Aberystwyth yesterday and then had a trip up to Pontarfynach behind the Prince Of Wales, which is oil fired but still steam. That was pulling a full consists of coaches, but we passed the other service running and that was diesel hauled and seemed...

Pantyffynon Box always used to be single manned, so there was possibly a trainee present.

Do you know how much this has cost, or are you speculating?

And what about those in wheelchairs who have well paid jobs? They aren't all poor or unwaged. Do you propose means testing everyone?

Rheiddol seem to be only using their oil fired steam loco. Corris; diesel only. Welshpool were steam but with a following diesel water unit following last weekend.

It partly depends on the lengths of the signallers' shifts, and since many are 12 hour then working that extra hour can and does cause all sorts of problems, which is why it gets refused. I did it once and still the line had to close. The one occasion I did do it NR paid for a hotel room for me...

Can you explain how you expect staff on the ground, be they drivers, guards or signallers, to sort this out without consultation with management? I really don't think you understand how the railway works or the legislation that affects our employment.

There is also the fact that seems to be ignored, that in some, possibly many cases, working on after shift end might not be allowed. I can think of several incidents on my line when signallers have rung in sick before their shift time, but the resident on duty will have completed their 12 hour...

Sorry, read your question incorrectly. Yes I think TfW have brought Sundays into the working week for drivers and guards, but don't know about their signalling staff at Taffs Well.

Some maybe, but certainly not for Network Rail employees.

If someone is only contracted to work Monday to Saturday, as many drivers, guards and signallers are, why do you expect them to work on their day off? As has been said many times on this forum, the unions are quite happy to negotiate bringing Sundays into the working week, and recognise the...