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If they can get on top of the maintenance issues they have more than enough units, just need to find a way of getting rid of the months on end they spend sat waiting for parts (especially 158 wheelsets) and depot space.

Until the 170/2 3 cars which work most diagrams on the route get intermediate door controls it's not likely to change much. They're a nightmare to work for the guard. The work is being done but has quite a long lead time.

That is the most sensible approach - write to EMR, write to MPs, write to councillors etc with your thoughts and concerns.

In which case they are indeed RPOs (as it happens, I know them all and have worked with them for years - indeed I worked several trains that were subject to that very operation - the college kids at Sutton trying to climb over the top of the shelter to get around the barrier and being dragged...

Travel Safe Officers are not Customer Service Officers (dispatch staff or platform staff) or Customer Welcome Hosts (gateline hosts) who are station staff. They are the guys who are dressed in black with tactical vests with "EMR Travel Safe Officer" in purple on the back. They are effectively...

All of the above says absolutely nothing, and is fundamentally incorrect, because as the BTP's own page says, the staff members in question are not RSAS accredited, and are subject to a hands off policy. The guard is an authorised person per the regulation of railways act and byelaws and is the...

Where I believe some confusion may have arisen is that Amulet (a security contractor) Travel Safe Officers (EMR's private security guards who work on stations, trains and depots, who have no revenue training or work) have in many cases undertaken the training to RSAS standards, but have not been...

Can you explain what you think this means, in the context of duties undertaken by these staff? I have told you repeatedly, having been one of the senior conductors that you refer to for many years in charge of the trains you are posting about, that you appear to have entirely the wrong end of...

To be fair you can stick at least part of the blame on the numpties who, having spent weeks moaning about the bridge closure, took no time at all to get back into the habit of ignoring all ticket purchasing facilities and paying the guard to the likes of Grantham and Newark again, and there was...

It is in fact true that NR staff undertaking any duties other than those deemed as immediately operational (IE for example a MOM cab riding a section) are meant to have tickets and it does say as such on my TOC's policies. However it doesn't say who will check said tickets because the driver...

Unfortunately transport costs run into the thousands per vehicle when you have to low loader them around so it would never even cover it's costs - lacking a mainline connection means that things like having a charter set visit as part of the gala as recently seen elsewhere is a bit of a non starter.

The passenger coaches can only do so many trips and part of the reason they're so busy is because of the freight trips at this particular event.

I suspect much is down to perception, operating styles and so on though some rail vehicles will inevitably have things like tired wiring/electrical components that aren't an easy fix both in terms of identifying the problem and accessing it to repair it with confidence of success. The...

All EMR drivers and guards who work to Liverpool can use Manchester Piccadilly main shed and there are trains booked to do so 7 days a week. The problem on occasion is finding a free platform to use, particularly with the 6 car trains and NR have been known to refuse ad hoc access on that basis...

The roof is apparently at risk of blowing off one of the apartment complexes opposite Nottingham station multi storey car park which has caused the closure of the access to it. Traffic is somewhat chaotic in the area as a result.

EMR Regional changes in December are meant to be pretty significant with the introduction of the second hourly Lincoln services so wouldn't have expected much for May. The missing Liverpool - Norwich trains continue to be a particular frustration but given the fleet struggles it's not a...

XC train managers get sales commission as far as I recall. They have a pretty good set of terms and conditions and their work is rather less intense than the South Western Railway stuff. Both are expected to conduct revenue duties but the SWR staff will be on trains that stop more often. XC...

@diligentdave was 156407 eventually formally rejected by Northern?

In principle it's OK but it removes any ability to ditch or work around a problematic train in the area without messing about shunting at Piccadilly. I think it will remove a lot of flexibility given how often trains are abandoned there at present.

Exactly, it would be sensible to do that in much the same way you used to get the occasional 175 sub back in the day - having options is good.