Recent content by PupCuff

I’ll be honest, the talk of RAIB investigating is possible but unlikely. There are enough of these happening at the moment to be a big concern nationally and often these are more serious than the ones noted in this thread which aren’t being investigated by RAIB or indeed the subject of a safety...

At our place we say as long as someone (for want of a better word) ‘in charge’ - so control or signaller - give the okay, it’s fine to open doors. It’s no longer an unauthorised stop then. It could well be down to the fact that train operators themselves are expected to report (whether they do...

I might be having a dopey moment, but where does the sectional appendix prohibit the use of track circuit operating clips in axle counter areas? Are you sure you aren’t getting mixed up with track circuit operating devices?

I assumed the OP meant a dependant smartcard type pass, which RST can and do monitor. But yes, if it’s just a standard pass or priv aye it wouldn’t be traceable.

No. Well, I mean, not directly - could you not just ask him? RST can though, so if you think he’s using it to commute or something it’s probably better to have that conversation sooner rather than later and ask him to stop, before he ends up losing the passes and you end up having to send a...

100% It portrays a more premium customer experience. I’d be pretty peeved if I paid a premium for first class and was served something still in a packet. But, it also nudges people away from treating onboard catering like a free-for-all, take everything off the cart for your mates and your...

From experience I agree this is most likely to be the case. On Voyagers the internal and external emergency releases are in effect one and the same handle, they activate the same mechanism just from opposite sides of the wall, which should allow someone to move the door when operated. If the...

Not everything needs to be dumbed down to pre-GCSE level English. Yes, there are plenty of people who would struggle to understand what is being said but are they the same people who the quote is aimed at? You adjust your communication style to your audience. Yes if you're putting important...

I'd probably jump in there with a view that the risk that is being mitigated by the driving policy is a performance risk rather than a safety risk. A TPWS incident in these circumstances is very minor in the grand scheme of things, but the potential performance impact is high - stopping short...

Personally, from the account given, I think this is an example of unrealistic expectations of railway staff. The Train Manager sounds as though they've followed good practice in calming the situation by empathising with other passengers about the delay and communicating with them in a calm and...

On the cab noise front, at one operator - no names mentioned, may or may not be already in this thread - some of a train class the type of AWS horn fitted is deafening and on others in the same class the type of AWS horn fitted is basically inaudible. Can't you maybe perhaps order some more of...

I think what's cheesed me off most this time round has been the comms - gaslighting people by saying that it's okay because it's just an extension of the existing closed hours overnight. Those closed hours overnight would be... When there are no trains people might want to access or change...

Most operators would use managers with train working competence to provide the skeleton service. I heard on the grapevine XC (more probably DfT) cut - or at least were intending to cut - management contingency competence, so many of the managers who would ordinarily cover the service on strike...

I would imagine it would be referred by the company clinician to a specialist or possibly your GP for input, particularly if the role involves train driving or some other form of safety critical work. If the condition or medication, managed properly, doesn't present any negative effects then I'd...

If anything, I think it's far too harsh. Criminals who cause real harm to people get far less. If someone vandalised your car or something and got off with a caution - or worse still, the police didn't feel it worth investigating - but someone can cut down a tree (I mean, thousands and thousands...