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“Sorry, I just want to pop to the loo, but I can’t find the pause button anywhere on this panel”

I remember hearing once that the numbering is based on the London Terminals. You start from Fenchurch Street and go anti clockwise around London.

I’d be more concerned about where they’ll consummate the marriage. Disabled toilet anyone?!

Out of interest, if an Avanti is booked via Northampton (but not stopping there) but the engineering possession finishes early, are they still obligated to run that way? Would a driver have to stop and query the route in this case if they went fast lines and weren’t expecting it, or would they...

In this particular case, I think it’s been referred to he crown court as one of the charges is perverting the course of justice. That’s a charge that can only be tried on indictment, which means it can only be heard by a crown court, not by magistrates, regardless of what they believe the...

So, a couple of peak only trains that were direct are lost in return for a huge host of benefits from the new timetable. Probably much bigger than the market from Sheffield to Luton.

People living in Corby returning from London.

When exactly was this and are you talking about a frequent service, or just a couple of trains a day? In recent times, nearly all Luton calling trains were going to Corby & Luton Airport Parkway calls to Nottingham.

But the public, travelling or otherwise DO have the same entitlement to safety AT WORK. That’s why there’s plastic screens in shops, table service in pubs and social distancing in office environments.

Hypothetically, in a situation where H&S law was more lax and the passenger knew in advance that there may be asbestos fibres and flying seats, but still chose to travel then yes, that’s ok. But if an employer ordered someone into such a dangerous situation, that’s not ok.

Awwww, what did I miss?

The passenger human is choosing to take the risk by travelling on public transport and probably only will only be doing this once or twice during the day. The guard human is doing this for every stop and with shifts lasting hours. I’m pretty sure earlier studies have shown risk of catching the...

As you say, the risk is from spending longer periods in close proximity to someone. Most supermarket workers except those on tills will only have brief encounters with the customers, who are constantly moving (and the tills have plastic screens). On a train, the customers are in one place for...

I think something else that needs to be considered is that there are still laws in place that people with covid must self isolate. And less protection for guards means more will catch covid and end up having to take those 10 days off work. If there are too many guards off work, less trains will...

Operation Princess anyone?