Recent content by ringi

If you don't like this get a new job with TOCs, or one of the "big 4" maintenance companies..... It will not take long for the message to get across to NR!

Because as a tax payer I may choose to vote to withdraw all funding from the railways.... Likewise commuters may go out of their way to get jobs that don't require them to put up with the actions of the RMT....

In any company I have worked for no managers would keep their jobs if they lost two ET. However in any sensible company, there are many reviews before allowing a case to go as far as an ET. Losing an ET is such bad publicity for a large company that they try very hard not to do so. I would...

Not on the example I gave, going into Manchester very few people get off apart from at Manchester. There may be times when the driver have to let 1 or 2 people go free due to dwell times, but that will be uncommon. If the cost of buying from the driver was more then the platform ticket...

This is not a Yes/No question. For example a train could operate driver less on HS2, with the driver taking over at complex stations. The rest of the time the driver could have a rest room next to the cab. Therefore allowing single driver to take care of a train for 8hr without having to...

This works for buses, so why not trains. A good example could be a off peak train to Rose Hill, there would still be enough seats with 1 carriage locked out, very few people get on apart from Manchester, so keep the normal ticker inspects on the platform there. Just have the driver selling...

This is clearly a case for an ET, RMT even thinking about a strike confirms my view that we will never get the railways sorted out until someone takes on the RMT and defeats them once and for all. Why should the paying public have to put up with strikes when there is already a reasonable...

Even a 2 mile range, could radically reduce the cost of converting some lines.

Another big issue was the most post is now sent from large processing centers that prints out outing posts from their computers. Therefore much less post is sent to/from central London.

I think the best case for these is when there is on-going electrification, but new trains are needed to cover short distances on lines that have not YET been upgraded. Saves buying trains that would need replacing as soon as the electrification is done.

When trains have been joined, often the guard never gets into part of the train.

Trams are well known for getting commuters out of their cars, the railway system is there for the public and most of the public have cars for long trip, so I consider commuting trips to be more important. Why can’t some ‘local’ Hope Valley service terminate at Marple, so people can change to...

More buses would be a lot cheaper way to sort out over crowding on the 192 along with cashless operating to reduce times at stops. Given the short distance more investment in cycling may also pay off very well. Train station too close into Manchester don’t help much, as the time saved by...

The Monsal trail tail is one of only two locations in the Peak Park area where it is possible for disabled people to hire accessible bikes etc. It is clearly also used by lots of none disabled people. I fail to see how a train every hour at most (more likely every 2 or 3 hrs) can...

Part of the problem was that most passengers had cases and a lot of them had children that make it a lot worse then 7/7 along with the high demand in BOTH directions. 7/7 only had a high demand of people wishing to leave London. A lot of the passengers at Christmas also are not used to using...