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That is quite the walk! The Mouldsworth Up platform (Stockport-bound) can only fully accommodate 3 coaches of 15x stock, the rear of the fourth hangs of the platform. The method of work will have been that the conductor "appears" to release all doors (all hazard lights illuminate), however the...

On the Chester-bound platform, passengers aren't allowed to pass underneath the bridge as it is beyond the prohibition sign. So there wouldn't need to be another at the end of the platform. Not sure about the other platform though!

Chester-bound is the Down platform, Manchester-bound the Up. Drivers are required to stop the train at the prohibition sign/ S car stop just before the bridge on the Down platform, as shown in that video. The reason being is that the platform surface beyond the sign is uneven, and is not...

Mouldsworth down (Chester-bound) platform is unique on the line. It's the only station where the guard needs to manually open each passenger door for a 4-car service, even if the rear coach is locked out. So that will lead to the increased dwell time :)

Ah brilliant, that bodes well then. Thanks!

Are the additional services for tomorrow still planned to run? They don't appear to have been loaded into journey planners as of yet.

That's a good point about the mid-platform off indicator, I hadn't thought about that. So it is likely not possible to give an RA at the mid-platform signal without the starter being off, though not something I would have ever considered doing anyway :lol:

The mid-platform signals are fitted with RA indicators, I've witnessed them being used but it is quite rare! If a train has come to a stop at a mid-platform signal but has not released the doors, it can draw forward without requiring an RA. Following a door release, as far as I'm aware, the RA...

No problem at all! Hope your assessment goes well whenever it is :)

I attended a dispatch assessment day earlier this year and, as mentioned already, there are two assessments: a dispatch concentration test and a rules acquisition aptitude test. There is also a colour blindness test. The concentration test involves listening to an audio recording of a fictional...

Indeed, I've got to be awake at 04:30 Monday morning so I'll be heading off to bed the moment it finishes!

I agree, that's exactly what it boils down to. I'll certainly be rooting for England to win, but I don't think it correct in the slightest to justify shutting down the country on Monday so people can inebriate themselves all Sunday night. Like it or not, there are many more important things, and...

Okay great, thank you! I'll keep an eye out to check if they're running.

I've noticed on RTT that there have been two 225 diagrams (commencing with 1A09 and 1A25) yesterday and today. Does anyone know if this is this expected to be the case for the remainder of the week?

I'm the same, I much prefer the feeling of having a physical ticket in my pocket when travelling. Plus, I sometimes like to keep them as a trip memento. Funnily enough, the one time I used a digital ticket of sorts (I paid to upgrade to first class on Virgin Trains using the Seatfrog app) I...

No problem :) I think it was announced as cancelled less than an hour after you re-posted the times here, so wanted to make sure no one got caught out!

Exactly, it's an important discussion to have but it's equally important to choose which battles to fight as, like you say, the issue can be at risk of becoming devalued (or ridiculed) if handled improperly, as was the case here. Glad someone knew which one I was talking about :D I suppose it...

In cases like this, I'm reminded of an episode of Doctor Who from the David Tennant era (circa 2006). Passengers on board a tourist shuttle were addressed as "Ladies, gentlemen and variations thereupon", so perhaps this would actually work in common usage! In all serious though, whilst an...

Apparently the Cambridge rotation has since been cancelled, as noted in the other thread.

Well said. Whilst there are of course inherent risks with droplights, the very slim risk of injury is far outweighed by the benefit to regular passengers. It should be said, however, that I in no way condone those who do recklessly window hang. Perhaps in future, fitting bars to windows (as DRS...