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There is every 'excuse' when staff are not told about it and not issued with it. You can't have knowledge of something if you don't know of it's existence, which I didn't till I read about it on here.

Those who put 'contains nuts' on bags of peanuts...

Apology accepted :)

No need for sarcasm. I genuinely didn't understand who you were talking about.

Perhaps if you quote we would know who you are referring to?!

Our company has various 'controls'. One is main control which monitors trains and issues affecting them eg points failures or train faults, and concentrates on keeping things running as they should; unit control works to get everything where it should be and knows what is where; maintenance...

It is showing off so much as like excited children in the playground proudly showing off the latest toy or gadget man at work, (we've all go one!) most of whose new gadgets are totally pointless for his circumstances. Basically it allows large quantities of data (is there a limit?) to be...

I'm not sure I understand your logic here. Lets take the 4 in 8. It is only to be used for four days, so not only should the guard check the date (I am amazed how many hide the ticket with the boxes under the ticket and how often they've travelled half the day without marking a date) but if he...

Has it been decided who is taking the cascaded ones?

But do 99% of the travelling public know anything about any 'routing guides'?! (cos 99% of the staff don't!)

Very sad. I'm a post '96 entrant but don't even bother getting them to fill the boxes in. Most of us follow the unwritten rule that railway staff travel free. Barriers now prevent that - I have had staff chase me down the train asking me to please sell them a ticket! Sad.

As a guard of several years I am just shaking my head! Even total enthusiasts cannot agree on this, and as a guard equipped only with an Avantix I am clueless as to routing maps to be honest. I've always assumed "London" means a London terminal station, and avoiding any = not London. I don't...

You are completely ignoring the situation where there is an agreement with the unions that it can be worn!

Apparently there is no 'agreement' re the ties. I assume therefore that the drivers are making a point based on 'custom and practise' Dodgy ground, I'd suggest, as 'custom and practise' has been to wear the old bus drivers uniform for years, but that is going....

The perk of priv discount on most preserved railways was only alluded to in passing in an earlier post, re preserved (ex BR) staff. However, just to clarify, this is available to ATOC priv holders (ie new entrants) too.

Thank goodness for that!

A point which has been made yet not refuted regarding buying two tickets: I know op was excessed, but say he had been sold a new SOS or SOR. That day he writes a letter of complaint and posts it off to customer services. The following day (the day after the tickets were valid) they receive...

It really is utter garbage to suggest that (for reasons yet not fully clarified) a person wearing the union tie may be flouting other rules or more likely to do so. Why? Because we don't know why they are in this situation. I am hazarding a very educated guess that it is actually a well...

On some trains..... Yes. But on others drivers are quite clearly visible, including most of the ATW stock. They also get approached by customers so are customer facing. I'm not sure what you are saying about guards: It's pretty obvious that they are more customer facing, that doesn't mean...

Does the cab not have windows? Does the train not stop at stations? Do drivers not have to walk to and from the train and change ends etc? The driver is customer facing and visible to the public thus it is perfectly reasonable to want him to convey the image by wearing the FULL uniform.