Recent content by muz379

The station operator will have a maintenance contract which will include a service level agreement which will have agreed targets for response time and resolution time among other things, obviously a priority response will mean that the maintenance contract costs more so I imagine that the level...

I imagine a few factors would have been at play there. Firstly Crewe displacement, the job was stopped through the castlefield corridor and at Oxford Road for the rest of the day so TPE and Northern would have had traincrew stranded all over the place to the west of Manchester. Also TPE and...

That will depend on what the investigation into this incident finds. And what similarities there are between the systems at different RPCs. If it finds that the systems in place to ensure continuity of supply weren't designed to deal with the specific scenario that occurred then modifications...

Depends on a number of factors. In a situation like what it sounds like has occurred all detection of all equipment was lost so it would have been impossible for the signaller to tell what track circuits were showing occupied due to the failure and what was a train. So without knowing the...

Dragging all the activists down there makes it look like he is worried that he might not do as well as hoped. I don't think any credible poll has Nigel Losing in Clacton. Perhaps, although at least in the things I see my local Reform Branch saying online it all has an air of "he's alright for...

Indeed It was good to see that even Reform and Restore combined were far behind what was required to win. Disappointingly I have also seen lots of comments online about the sexuality and gender identity of the new Mayor, mostly from men who have nothing better to do than try and put a woman...

Wasn't really an issue that caused Reform to lose last night because the first preference vote for Labour was vastly higher than the Reform, Restore and Even the Tory vote put together. But if that were to be replicated in some constituencies at a general election it could certainly lead to...

Probably not, but then calling a by-election in summer isn’t going to do wonders for turnout, and even if Farage wins, it gives people chance to poke holes if he hasn't inspired a record turnout or increased the number of votes. The whole thing also makes Reform look silly, spending their...

Just to clarify , have you applied for the training post scheme or a specific location ? If it is a specific location then there is a 12 month rule which states that you have to stay at your first location for at least 12 months, although this doesn't always seem to apply, for instance if you...

Perhaps only a temporary fix overnight or a clean up but not full reinstatement of the OLE? I would expect disruption at the very least in the morning cos there will be that many units out of place.

Depending on the situation you might be used to work other services say they introduce shuttles or something, equally especially for drivers you might be used to move trains that are stranded elsewhere. Sometimes you get lucky and sit spare and then go home, sometimes really lucky you even get...

I think last I read on this TFGM were looking at plans for tram train operations over the line and have said they plan to submit a business case to the DFT this year. So nothing concrete on that one yet. It isn't really in the gift of the MP to "cancel" it. They could I guess oppose TFGM's...

If the polling continues to be strong for them and it looks like they'll win the next election I think he will lead them into it, become PM and do it for a bit, until the first scandal, embarassment or whatever then he will quit. He will have the clout from being a former PM then which lets face...

As will the greens, going by the results at the General election in 2024 it is certainly going to be an interesting by-election and not an immediate shoe in for any party.

Worth bearing in mind as well though that we aren't just talking about well known football players here that everyone would recognise. Some international squads have players literally nobody apart from your super niche football fanatic would know of. And of course all the families and...