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  1. blacknight

    Buggies, luggage and bicycles

    DVT might have space of Dr Whos Tardis inside but only carry 5 bikes in racks provided-as for rest of space in DVT that soon taken up if you have a group of passengers with large number of cases like when University students are migrating between home & university --- old post above --- --- new...
  2. blacknight

    Property left on train.Station master couldnt telephone the onboard train manager.

    You left your case in correct place on luggage rack no one else would give it a second thought-regardless of brand, as theres no baggage label to indicate case should have come off at Crewe. Biggest problem with recovering item of luggage is right case is taken off by staff or you end up with...
  3. blacknight

    Buggies, luggage and bicycles

    Would have thought you would have learnt after first occasion your bike was refused but to make same "mistake" twice means you are either hard of learning or think your so special that regulations everyone else as to obey dont apply to you. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Just...
  4. blacknight

    Property left on train.Station master couldnt telephone the onboard train manager.

    Maybe station staff were to busy dealing with trains & other station duties to be making futile calls to control, anyway are control interested in tracing passengers lost property? Also making 2 or 3 phones ties up station phone line so the likes of the box or control are unable to contact...
  5. blacknight

    Comparing offences (split from Merseyrail guard on trial thread)

    Teenage driver kills friend whilst making error of judgement on roads gets 6 months whilst a train guard gets 5 year sentence. Scales of justice seem a little unbalanced.
  6. blacknight

    Merseyrail Guard on Trial

    Issue a statement along the lines of "DOO operations are safe then give a percentage of incidents against high number of passenger journeys made & the likelyhood of a repeat incident is low"
  7. blacknight

    Merseyrail Guard on Trial

    Thats only one emotive still frame of coverage from I presume station CCTV of the incident. Do we know at this point the RA as actually been given to the driver? Rule book states before giving ready to start to driver 1 Doors are closed 2 No person is trapped in doors 3 Is it safe to sart...
  8. blacknight

    Merseyrail Guard on Trial

    Think BBC are quoting what Crown Prosecution QC said in court same reported in Daily Mail, I find Mail article headline more offencive & prejudging of the case.
  9. blacknight

    Merseyrail Guard on Trial

    Liverpool Daily Post 24/10/2011 reports 40-50 people on platform at time of incident.
  10. blacknight

    Merseyrail Guard on Trial

    RAIB have completed its investigation in to this incident but not publishing findings until court case as concluded at request of CPS.
  11. blacknight

    Merseyrail Guard on Trial

    IMO your comments are prejudging the case based on journalist paper reporting on prosecutions opening statement based a 30 second CCTV clip. Lets wait for jury in the case to decided on that. Just because theres CCTV cameras they give differing angle of view to what guard could see & if you...
  12. blacknight

    George Osborne in first class with standard ticket?

    Back on thread as press reports show Osborne as on at least 2 occassions attempted to gain first class travel on a standard class ticket. End of
  13. blacknight

    George Osborne in first class with standard ticket?

    Why give multi national company a trading advantage over UK companies paying a large portion of sales revenue in tax to treasury. VAT is collected by company but paid for by customer, employ part time staff & company bypasses NI contributions
  14. blacknight

    George Osborne in first class with standard ticket?

    You can add Pay Day Loan companies to your list of guilty --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Because of the right to free speech in this country you may not like my views but I am entitled to express them & will continue to do so.
  15. blacknight

    George Osborne in first class with standard ticket?

    In case of Andrew Mitchell by showing a lack of respect to police officers he undermined is own position to enforce party discipline on Tory MPs
  16. blacknight

    George Osborne in first class with standard ticket?

    Not my vision but comment on behavior of Ex Chief Whip who resigned having done nothing wrong
  17. blacknight

    George Osborne in first class with standard ticket?

    Only in Daily Telegraph-that well known leftie supporting newspaper:oops: --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Comment was made in response to post that "Plebgate" nothing had actually happened but as you rightly state such actions would result in offence being committed. As for...
  18. blacknight

    George Osborne in first class with standard ticket?

    It was quoted in one of the press reports that when TM gave figure of £160 for upgrade response from aide was thats expensive & Treasury sets the cost of rail travel.
  19. blacknight

    George Osborne in first class with standard ticket?

    Except that unlike your company Treasury is responsible for setting increses in rail fares. Perception of this government is that its in power but not in control witness the imposing a granny tax yet cutting higher rate of income tax. Trying to impose pasty tax on likes of Greggs a sucessful...
  20. blacknight

    George Osborne in first class with standard ticket?

    Andrew Mitchell as already confessed to swaring at police officers in a public place, what ever happened to the Tory party's claim to be the party of law & order? with zero tolerance of loutish behavior.

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