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Recent content by Volvictof

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    Metrocar updates and withdrawals - Tyne & Wear Metro

    I mean, it kind of is linked in that they’re 45 years old and falling apart ;)
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    Tyne & Wear Metro Fleet Replacement: Awarded to Stadler

    Nothing really deters them unfortunately. and to be more of a pedant, a tag is a small signature. These are full graffiti pieces.
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    Tyne & Wear Metro Fleet Replacement: Awarded to Stadler

    Some one previously said that the doors on either side are linked so if you have pressed the correct side to get off and the wrong side is released, the wrong side will open. I can’t see that being true and maybe the person who posted it was getting confused, however, if it is true, then that...
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    Tyne & Wear Metro - validators not working.

    Yeah but you can go onto the website and amend your journey from there. I’m surprised nexus diddnt say this in their response Actually.
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    What's particularly attractive about standing in a vestibule/doorway area, even when a number of seats are available?

    I think there are two things here: Firstly, they are clearly getting in the way of people and that’s basically down to them being ignorant or just not aware of their surroundings. I’d just have said excuse me in the typical British awkward manner, but to each their own. Secondly, some people...
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    Appealing a psychometric test failure

    Sometimes medical professionals have a tendency to say things that they can’t really be certain of. For example I've had colleagues state that the doctor told them they definitely caught a virus at work. Which is something they clearly can’t be sure of. An optician saying it will affect your...
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    Tyne & Wear Metro Fleet Replacement: Awarded to Stadler

    Yep. 121. I gather another could be added but it’s a bit of a political issue if another is added on the yellow line before one goes down to Sunderland.
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    Incorrect name on prosecution letter

    I think the implication is that when it comes down to it, the officer who issued the ticket will have no memory of OP telling him it had the wrong name on, and the investigator will think that OP was actively giving false details, which would be backed up when they realise he’s at the same...
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    Tyne & Wear Metro Fleet Replacement: Awarded to Stadler

    Living where they do is punishment enough.
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    Tyne & Wear Metro Fleet Replacement: Awarded to Stadler

    They can and they do unfortunately. But to be honest, the windows are double glazed on these units and should be a lot harder to kick out. I would imagine it will be less of a thing anyway. When Stadler designed the trains, drivers went over and basically did everything they could think of to...
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    Tyne & Wear Metro Fleet Replacement: Awarded to Stadler

    The lack of things to hold onto is a concern, even for staff carrying out revenue work, considering that the trains accelerate a lot faster. As far as I recall it was done that way so that kids couldn’t use the poles to swing from and kick the windows out, which is something they do on the...
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    LNER - Apprentice Driver - Kings Cross & Newcastle (05/09/24)

    It can be. Ive Got colleagues that finally got a start date 3 years after initial applications.
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    Tyne & Wear Metro Fleet Replacement: Awarded to Stadler

    Exactly. someone reads that comment and goes to the Facebook group but fails to mention it’s the musings of someone that isn’t an expert and that wasn’t even on the train and just tells people they heard its driver error. A drivers had a hard shift and doesn’t need comments like that on a forum...
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    Tyne and Wear Metro: Excessive heating?

    A fan blows cold air over the trains resistor banks to cool them down, resulting in hot air that needs evacuated. Based on a thermostat, the air is directed either out underneath the train, or into the saloon. Over the years parts have broken down and cant be replaced, or are blocked up with...
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    LNER - Apprentice Driver - Kings Cross & Newcastle (05/09/24)

    if Iremeber rightly did the email not say something like you could be waiting for upto four months?

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