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If you want to be a driver, then apply to be a driver. You do not need prior railway experience. The competencies TOCs look for in the recruitment process (e.g. the multi-modal interview) can be gained in other working environments outside the railway industry. If you feel you can already...

Couldn't disagree more. Don't equate the first class provision on a GTR 377 with the rest of the UK. The first class sections are very small in any case, and are full in the peaks. If Im travelling to Scotland on Virgin, for example, I want the option to pay extra for a larger seat, a...

And cause you to miss your connection at Redhill? Perish the thought.....

First class at the London end with the buffet sandwiched (no pun intended) between first and standard is pretty much the layout for every Intercity operator. If people can't be bothered to walk four coaches then they have issues (not including mobility needs, obviously).

Agree. This is what I was alluding to in post 27.

Who says they don't? They will....after they've done a quick dynamic risk assessment to consider whether or not, based on the circumstances in front of them, it's safe to intervene. If you've got a bunch of tanked up yobs then without any protection equipment or radio you might just end up...

I can see the attractions you mention, although I'm not sure some of them are as clear cut. But as you say, the big question is "if". Cost savings/productivity might be more identifiable on metro/lightly used routes but probably less over long distance services. London Bridge has just been...

This topic is generating plenty of replies from techie types outlining what can be done. Nobody has sufficiently addressed the why. We're not talking about Google spending billions of private sector R&D cash on driverless cars or Joe Publics willingness to make an individual choice to pay for...

You're right it is, but only for new joiners since about 2014. It will would take a couple of decades before the thousands who currently have the benefit reach retirement age. However...that assumes the scheme is retained in its existing format. The Met renews the benefit with ATOC/RDG on a...

This is what I was alluding to in post 77. The art of discretion. Is that person with their shopping bags waiting at the edge of an open crossing actually waiting for the train pass by or are they about to step out. Body language, position etc. Will obstacle detection just see a person...

Thanks for explanation. What you've outline was my understanding of how it worked to date. Now that the dive under is open for down trains, is the default 'layout' you describe now amended so that crossing over up fast trains at TL4446 becomes the exception rather than the norm? Thus the...

Is this a hunch of yours or verifiable information? I'd say more than 90% of Met officers have ATOC travel privileges which give them free* rail travel within a 70 mile radius of Charing Cross...which obviously involve destinations within commuting distance. (free*= it's a taxable benefit so...

I guessed what you meant :lol: Haven't seen a green yet on TL4446 or TL4444. Are they still manually controlled or are they switching to auto? Not sure why trains are still getting crossed over to the slow on TL4446 and then back over to Sussex Reversible, does it depend on the signaller?

Semantics ;)

Which is indeed one reason why city centre Tram systems will continue to have drivers. Any obstacle detection system would surely be programmed for worst case scenario....so any obstacle detected = STOP. A human driver might see a person crossing the road in front of the tram, but can make an...

Gods Wonderful Railway from London to Penzance. Equal first would be the West Highland Line to Fort William.

I'd second that. There was a diverse range of backgrounds in my group. The recruitment process can be very disheartening. I failed the first time around on the computer tests in the week before Christmas, which was very depressing to say the least. It took me a year to get to the same place...

Nail on head.

You put it better than me. Agree.

Which begs the question...WHY. Nobody has sufficient addressed this yet. There will still be the salary outlay for the person on the train (as per DOO now). The capacity benefit won't be a great as some expect. Take trains into South East terminals...there are only so many platforms and...