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Between the main Trainshed at Piccadilly and the 13&14 Island, there's probably just enough room to put in a couple of North facing bays, so services from the North can terminate there.

Only if Control have authorised it! Traincrew aren't allowed to think for themselves these days, we can't hold a connection for a few minutes without authority from Control. Do it off your own back with authority from Control and there'll be a 'please explain' waiting for you when you get back.

For every person that can learn at route in two minutes, there will be another person that can't. If you are given a specific number of trips or days in which to learn a route then take that amount of time! There may be something on your last trip that makes you think, oh, what's going on here...

Peak Rail?

Ahh but the delay for those 'good number' of passengers wanting to make the connection would have delayed the on time departure of the Chase Line service, and that would have occured a 'late departure' fine to the TOC concerned from NR. Not saying that it's correct that your connection is missed...

No XC Driver or Guard will sign Manchester Victoria anymore, they would need a day or two to sign it again, if the DFT had stopped pissing about with RDW agreements then it could have been done. Unfortunately thanks to No.10 and the DFT it hasn't been.

It's basically common sense. Especially if I expect it is multiple choice, 4 answers, discard one that leaves you 3 choices! Read the question twice sometimes even three or four times, some questions may require you to give more than one answer. Even now after many years I can never remember...

Exactly! It's seems that lots of people have axes to grind over Northern, whilst other TOCs get away scot free.

That was the case on Strike days, once the Rail service had wound down, only the entrance by the Taxi Rank was open.

Which recent extensions? The only Platform work that has been done was Dalton on the down, which was one door only, due to the curvature of the platform and the low platform. The rebuilt the platfrom so that it now can fit the front 7 doors of 2x195/1 on it.... There's is loads of room on the...

My Depot is 100% on both sides, as is the two Depots within half an hour of us.

There was never a problem covering Sunday work back in the days of BR, as our rates of pay were crap compared to now, and Sunday's were paid at Time and three quarters. Drivers and Guards would sell their own Grandmother for a Sunday! Especially if you could get 12 hours out of it, same for Rest...

And what happens once all the vacancies are taken at that TOC? Not everyone can move to the TOCs that pay the most for various reasons.

On the Modern Railway it's all about money, who pays for the delay if you hold a 'connection'? You all moan if trains don't depart on time, so you can't have it both ways.

Yes... I booked into an IBIS for 5 days last year and every time I came back to my room, the Keycard wouldn't work, despite Reception telling me every time I went back to them and telling them that it didn't work, that it would work for the remainder of my stay.

The only platforms that will take 2x195/1s on the Furness line bothways are Carnforth and Barrow..... And Grange on the Up.

No I wouldn't settle for 6%, that is a pay cut. The amount that this gang of corrupt Tories have given the TOCs to indemnify them from the costs of our Strike Action would have given us a far bigger pay rise than 6% and still had millions left over.

There is no overtime ban as such now, but as Goodwill is on the floor as you can imagine due to the way the Government is treating us, not many Staff are wanting to work any overtime.

We have a few Drivers who are part time, they do a Job Share were one works the early turns and one works the lates. Others who work two weeks on, then the other Driver works the following two weeks and so on. I understand Management weren't too happy about it at first until the Union got...

Call me old fashioned, but I would much rather the Driver was making sure that the line ahead was clear and that any signals were showing a proceed aspect! Rather than trying to work out if those two lads stood on the platform are getting on or not. As the Driver wont be able to monitor the...