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I know I didn't sign up for it when I joined NR, however I didn't realise how much of a two tier workforce it would be. It should be all or nothing. Even if we were entitled to let's say, a "rail staff railcard" with 1/3 off I would be happy.

And us signallers still get no concessions :(. I wish there would be a day when anyone on the railway receives priv. It is a bug bear when we are as heavily involved in running trains as the TOC, yet we have to pay full whack to use them! What's even more annoying, is that people who don't even...

Yes, but one of the reasons the budget was approved for the modular signalling on the Ely-Norwich was because the crossings were entirely self sufficient. The second you have to add a full CCTV system to each crossing (even as a fallback) with data links back to Cambridge etc, you are then...

Were the barriers raised again whilst you were trapped or did a train pass whilst you were still inside them? Also was this an OD crossing you were trapped in, or a CCTV/Manned one?

Lingwood? Both the crossings are manual gates as well!

Signallers and front line operational staff within Network Rail are currently approaching the 2nd part of a 2 year pay rise deal seeing RPI+0.5% based on the November RPI. RPI+0.5% seems to have been the norm for a number of years now, and in the grand scheme of things is a very good pay rise.

Trust me a month is nothing in the world of NR HR. I'm already a signaller with Network Rail and when I got promoted from a grade 2 box to a grade 7 one it took 3 months alone just to find out if I had an interview, then another month to find out the result! Just sit patiently and the status...

Unfortunately for us signallers most signals have a 2 minute timer on them if you put them back to danger when there is a train in the vicinity of it. Unfortunately this means if you are unfortunate to pull off a wrong route, when the driver rings in you have to wait for the longest 2 minutes of...

Still nothing about signallers at all. I think every other role on the railway has been covered apart from us siggies! The documentary portrays route control and station control as the people who run the trains. To a point they do but the signallers are the front line and surely need a mention?

All signalling systems are battery backed and earth-free. If the power fails the signalling will revert to working by battery; from memory I think it can work in this way for up to 10 hours before it cannot be relied upon. The problem was probably within York IECC where the loss of power...

All in all I thought it was quite a good programme. As has been mentioned before though it did miss out quite a number of people who keep things at Kings Cross going. As a power box signaller, I was hoping to see some footage from the PSB so that viewers could get an idea of how hard we work to...

Thanks guys. I suppose I shouldn't moan, the extra distance gives me more time behind Bittern and as you mention it is quite scenic at the Northern end! :). I'm still very much looking forward to it.

Hi All. Looks like the Steam ban on the ECML is set to continue over the winter period. I am booked for a trip on the York Yuletide Express charter on 15/12/11 behind Bittern from Norwich to York and it is now showing as being booked via one hell of a diversion! It was going Norwich - Ely -...

The only place on the Mainline network that still has an operational pole route is between Elgin and Inverness in the highlands. The Pole Route between Norwich-Ely (Which was by far the most impressive survivor) was decomissioned in January 2009. There are only 4 poles left along that line now...

Lol how did we manage to drift so far from the original topic!

I'm a Grade 2 signaller and if I work my rostered Sundays (3 out of 4) with the odd Rest Day worked I earn about £30000 per year. It all depends on how many hours you are willing to put in. Once you get up into the higher grades it is quite possible to earn in excess of £45-50k. Remember...