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Utter lies. This rot has been debunked so stop repeating it. Do we really have to point out RAiB reports, Kentish Town and all the other stuff for the 100th time?

The turnover in DOO depots is massive. Whenever we get drivers join / transfer from DOO depots, DOO is always mentioned as a reason to leave. Most DOO drivers cite near misses with late runners / drunks at dispatch, abuse, physical assault, and stress from having to deal with the public and deal...

That is a last ditch attempt if the signaller cannot stop trains. The emergency services would merely just get killed themselves if they went on the track if trains had not been stopped, or more accurately would simply refuse to go on the track until an appropriate rail official designates it...

I have heard that platform dispatchers are to be dispensed with also in Southern land - with self dispatch via CCTV the only accepted method? Is this true? --- old post above --- --- new post below --- They are http://www.aslef.org.uk/information/143548/aslef_rmt_statement_on_doo/ We firmly...

Even the RSSB's own study states: “DOO does not create additional undesired events but may increase the likelihood of an event occurring or increase the severity of its consequence.” “The risk level of each undesired event will vary according to platform features, rolling stock, driver...

Can I make a few assumptions here? * You have never been involved in a rail accident of any sort, or a situation where you are stranded on a train for hours. * You buy your tickets before boarding (or are a season ticket holder). * You stand behind the yellow line, do not run for trains, do not...

No it hasn't been working perfectly well, as RAIB reports, internal briefings span reports, training videos and the like suggest, not to mention the issues surrounding provision of information in disruption, fault fixing and getting trains moving with a single person on board, revenue...

The safety issues have been explained in length by very very experienced drivers, guards, station staff and railway staff of other grades. If we are being arrogant, then the fact of the matter is that we railwaymen know better than Wilkinson, the DFT, Grayling and the Tories and corporates...

DOO self dispatch via CCTV is responsible for the bulk of safety of the line incidents and injuries in dispatch, see the RAIB reports. It is inherently dangerous because there zero mechanism for communicating with passengers within the danger zone of the side of the train, is zero field of...

That depends entirely what the change is. Crews are now using laptops and tablets, modern radio communication systems, train management systems and GPS for SDO aboard newer traction and so forth. Guards are generally based in publicly accessible offices on 390s, 450s and 444s, rather than the...

A well argued and coherent response... On a mixed freight / high speed / regional and local passenger mainline? Good luck with that one. The custom built DLR meets none of those requirements, and has a guard who can drive train. How about we automate your job? I'd be up for seeing you...

The bulk of dispatch incidents investigated by the Rail Accident and Investigation Board have occurred with DOO self dispatch via CCTV on long trains - the very method the government want all trains to adopt. Tree / car / cattle / falling masonry / landslip / concrete blocks placed by...

So the one man who chances has seen the incident unfolding before his eyes, and who is at the greatest risk of incapacitation or death, who has a multitude of associated duties to do, assuming he even survives or is in any fit state to do anything, should be sacked because he is unable to...

Perhaps ask the passengers involved in the Paddington crash and Ufton Nervet crashes what they think of the actions of the guard? Or the passengers involved on board the unit involved in the 2006 Oxenholme stabbing, when the guard managed to get passengers out of the area and lock the...

The guard on the Ufton Nervet crash was doing revenue stood up. He escape with a cut finger. I believe he was in the coach where passengers died. The driver was sat down. He was killed. The following link may be of some help - http://www.google.co.uk But here are a few examples of...

Circular No: IR/319/16 TO ALL BRANCHES, REGIONAL OFFICES & REGIONAL COUNCILS Our Ref: BR2/0146 27th October 2016 Dear Colleague, NEW ROLLING STOCK CONTRACT & DRIVER ONLY OPERATION (DOO) – ARRIVA RAIL NORTHERN I have recently received correspondence from the Lead Officer on the company’s...

Of the incidents involving dispatch that have been investigated by the RAIB, here is a list of the method of dispatch involved. DOO self dispatch CCTV Huntingdon Brentwood West Wickham Hayes & Harlington Tooting (London Undergound) Holborn (London Underground) Warren Street (London...

And it is quite possible that during those "exceptional circumstances", the driver in that train has a fatality, a spad, a derailment, serious collusion, or drags someone in the doors, or a late runner falls down the side. Not to mention that usually "exceptional circumstances" are where the...

And here we go again... DOO is as popular as a Gary Glitter tour, with Rolf Harris as the support act, sponsored by Windows 8 and G4S. There is zero support for it amongst drivers, guards, ticket inspectors, catering, platform staff, local managers, passenger user groups, disability support...