Recent content by martynbristow

Well personal views aside, as I may know the said individual Such disrespect for the law such be taken seriously! Its sad that we now feel we should protect people committing crime. The courts are supposed to issue punishments to wrong doers not love and care :/

I know why, but I can't explain it as I'm not a driver/fireman and have no knowledge of the locomotive :/

The old story of a boy who cried wolf springs to mind. There have been a number of high profile strike threats recently which cause distress and concern to the economy and the public. With strikes often being called off. As someone that gets affected by the action its worrying and problematic...

I've had managers like that and they try anything to get things the way they want it. They get pulled up and *dealt with* but often not enough. If the issue that managers are doing that it should be dealt with. However life is a popularity contest and not a competency one :/

I like self service tills, they let me get on with my shopping without hassle. TVMs are just not fit for purpose and I believe extensive research was conducted to this hypothesis :P

Well I think the phrase used is IT rolls down hill! always dump it on someone else. I guess in his mind he was worried about delays, booking off and that its just a regular occurrence, which it IS. I personally feel management should share the blame, and again here, for lack of oversight, but...

But this is where the uncertainty comes in, what is the safe dispatch criteria. Unless he could have proved he knew the kid posed no danger than it could still be argued there was a risk. The police should have been called and it just waited. Unfortunately you would get delays but no risk. The...

Wouldn't say so. They will be looking to cut but that is the question. If they can reduce staff naturally its better than using redundancy which I think was the major sticking point ;) (its not about wages).

Well things will vary on a TOC basis, each TOC has different operations and different staff contracts. You can't *just cancel* a train, you have to cancel its full trip or make it up to somewhere, so its not simple. We luckily see very few cancellations here because its a small, isolated and...

Ohh I picked someone up last night from carriage siding 9, they had to walk down the whole platform with the other herds of people. "what a way to run a railway" I think was once said in a film ;)

I would differ on this. A train must be started to be stopped. At James St he made a clear acknowledgment of the risk. In this incident the risk is inferred because he aborted his first attempt to dispatch. By not checking the lad was clear it could be argued he knew he was there.

Well the idea is there in principle. Now if I mention "fishing rods" that's another kettle of .... The TVMs are mainly useless! But that's for a different thread. There is more to using a station than buying a ticket and railways are a business and not a very profitable one

Some wisdom "Give a guy a fish, feed him for a day Teach a guy to fish, feed him got life" I think the TOCs want to move us to more self service travel, helping those that need help. I don't have a problem with this. You can still buy your ticket in advance, online or at a small station.

YEah I bet It was advertised weeks in advance. They just don't care and don't know what there doing! The problem is they only have to *run* the station and don't have to do a good job! :/

I've read all reports posted to this thread. If there is more information in the public domain then please share. My views are based upon balanced evaluation of what was reported.