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Er the 12 car 321's in the peak do not manage on the Southminster branch. They operate under a restriction as those of us in the know would testify. You won't be seeing 360's on the southminster branch IMHO.

I think the whole thing should be made into an episode of 'The Apprentice'. This is a total shambles! Your fired!

It's not on my driving patch, but this 'let's just give up' attitude and run no service when things go wrong is becoming increasingly common and is unacceptable. A lot of people within NR and TOC's are paid lots of money to come up with contingency plans and manage disruption. They are failing...

As I explained earlier in the thread, even though Sunday's are outside the working week, certainly on the GE side, rostered Sunday's are compulsory overtime. So even though they are outside the working week, it isn't optional to work Sunday's, it is mandatory. The problem comes when you have...

Romford - Upminster

Be interesting times ahead

You are indeed wrong. On the GE side the working week is 6 days a week, with one rest day (ie a 5, not 4 day week). All Sunday's are overtime, be they ones that are in the roster additionally to the working week, or ones worked on a volunteer basis. You cannot book AL on a Sunday. You can...

Piece of cake. I was rostered 11 days on the trot recently. The last 7 came to a total of 64hr28m on duty including a Sunday just short of 10 hours and 5 diagrams that were modified (extended).

Rat or Hamster? Matters not. Signalling fawlty.

Will they (and the Stadler units including bi modes with the pan up) be cleared for 90mph running between Stratford and Shenfield? 321's, 360's and 90's with Mk3's are cleared for the higher speed of 90mph. 317's working GE diagrams are not and can only run 80mph.

My issue with it is that the rules are taking away lines of possible defence when something goes wrong. "I made sure all the orange lights had gone out". "But it says in the rules you can't rely on that". "I made sure the traction interlock light was illuminated". "But the rules say you...

So if you can't rely on them why check them?

The world has moved on since BR days. You don't need to be in the office to work these days. Some people are able to work from home on some days, or they come to the office for half a day for meetings etc and do the rest of their work away from the office. It seems this is being reflected in...

Defensive driving is the classic safety v performance dilemma. You can't have 100% safety and 100% performance. A TOC does not exist to be safe. It exists to provide a service and make money (even if that is only to cover its cost base). The conundrum is how high do you want your performance to...

There are no conductors on Liverpool Street to Cambridge route. It's DOO.

Quite! My TOC is procuring new rolling stock. All types have couplers of EU standard. Just different EU standards. So one type cannot assist the other in the event of failure. BMW/Mercedes/Audi/VW/Citroen/Peugeot/Renault all happy to make right hand drive cars for the UK. If the market with...

You are entirely correct. But systems such as the railway do not exist to be safe. They exist to provide a service and generate revenue. But they must be safe. And that is the performance versus safety conundrum that many business and organisations face. Zero policies are very often bad. If...

You are right that you have to go back if you cannot see. You would have to: 1. Call signaller to advise you are having dispatch problems and need to close doors from somewhere other than your cab. 2. Make a PA to advise passengers of the delay. 3. Walk back 4 or 8 coaches as required. 4. Close...

You can DOO by look back for 8 coaches, according to my operators instructions. 12 coaches requires monitors. So are the eyesight standards for train driving such that you should be able to see a dark dog lead 7 3/4 coaches back on a poorly lit platform at night? Remember the dog itself, as it...

We know from other investigations that you can have you hand between the doors and interlock will still be achieved and you can take power. It can be to do with specifications in system design. I.E. the door is allowed to be open by some small amount and interlock be achieved/maintained. Of...