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Nah, I've had that unit a few times, the visibility through the decals is fine. From that photo the level of opacity looks higher than it actually is, probably a combination of outdoor lighting conditions and the camera image processing.

At the risk of coming across blunt, and I mean this with the best of intentions, you probably want to think about getting a couple more shifts under your belt with a key before you start pulling the "I know better because I'm a Driver" attitude. There's rail colleagues from any number of grades...

Yes, but I don't know how widespread it is. There are a couple of locations on my patch where NR monitor train speed via track circuit/axle counter section occupancy times and ping across an email to let the TOC know if there's been a possible overspeed event to follow up on. Given I see very...

Well, it's a requirement of the RSSB rule book that all internal doors are unlocked except where they're at each end of the train, at each side of any gangway connections which can't be made, or that leads to accommodation which isn't for public use. What instructions individual companies put...

I mean you could take that approach to a lot of things, but I like to think that we're running a safer railway now than then...

My take would be, what problem would it solve? The Driver would need to change ends anyway unless you're proposing we start driving trains from the back, I'd also be concerned that it would open up a risk that the overrun didn't get reported into the Signaller or Control and hence the required...

I would challenge that on the grounds that the "expert" is clearly overreaching their remit. Any assessment should be against the requirements for a specific role, how can you possibly with any degree of accuracy say an individual, even with adjustments, could not perform any role which has...

Sometimes it can also be about how you answer a question. The railway likes using competency based interviewing where they are expecting examples from you if situations where you have previously demonstrated the competency, eg for the resilience question you could give an example of a time that...

Just picking up on this, I do always find it a really really odd area for people to get in a tizzy over, for the simple reason that the perceived problem will still exist, just the other way around. Presumably the alternative would be for trans people to use the toilets associated with their...

I'd go the other way, I'd get rid of cash. No opportunity for dodgy businesses to skip paying tax, you'd stop vagrants bothering people for cash immediately (unless they go and sign up for card machines), the authorities can quickly seize the assets of criminals, on a national scale it would...

This is illustrating the issue very well though - there's a disconnect between the perception of the risk by frontline staff and the actual risk which exists. I won't go through each of your specific points, but I do agree with the statement "if it isn't safe, you wait". The key part of that is...

I don't think I agree it does, certainly not in the vast majority of cases. If someone is in imminent danger then, yes, by all means shout in a more direct manner, but these don't make up the most frequent cases we're talking about here. Manchester Picc and the "red line", which there is no...

There's probably 101 solutions with varying degrees of cost, work and feasibility, but a good first step with no cost would probably be looking at the language and tone used by the staff member when shouting. "Get back" vs "Train's about to depart, stand clear please", etc Avoiding blunt...

I think the full details of the post would be needed for anyone on here to offer any meaningful suggestions or advice, but as the penalty fare seems to have been issued for a first class journey, the obvious initial question would be did the person have a first class ticket?

If it's just the car stop marker misjudged and you're not actually off the platform, then aye, from a safety perspective at least it wouldn't be something to report. Then your company isn't using the correct term :p

Again though - "dealing with". There is no detail in the RAIB report on what specific activities "dealing with" actually entailed in this case and how it was determined whether those activities were or were not more important than taking inbound calls. Okay, some other routes have flooded. Is...

That's evidently not the case as per the article and the report; the helpline operator made numerous attempts to pass the message on to NR control who could get trains stopped, but control didn't answer the phone. In my opinion, it's quite unsatisfactory that the RAIB investigation doesn't...

Yeah, Transport and Works Act. A constable in uniform can require a sample of breath if they believe someone working on in a safety critical role is either under the influence, or where they have been involved in an accident or incident where an act or omission from them may have caused it. It...

It's not a position I'd often take, but I think the RMT probably do have a point on this one. If the rest day premium was going to be paid out anyway to cover the job with a contingent why not offer it equitably to whoever is agreeable to coming in on their day off? Rightly or wrongly there is...

I started my railway career in onboard catering and if Eurostar is anything like pretty much anywhere else, there will be quieter trains where someone somewhere has arranged for enough food to be delivered to feed a small village and others which will be full and you're apologising all day...