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"The 701" rollout, as opposed to The "701 rollout"?

I was oversimplifying, but the decision to try and introduce a different method of working, trying to find a safe way of working within the confines introduced by the stock, and all of the decisions along the way there have political elements - governmental, company, union, staff.

I think you can have a one word answer? "Politics"

Well, that's not all that old is it... (And here's a mini freak out as we realise how long ago 2000 was)

I thought they cut the track at Esplanade during the "recent" works, so it's now totally unusable? Or was that something they were doing as part of it and it's now all back together? Istr seeing a picture of it with a chunk missing and something stuck in the trackbed?

I'm not worried about it from a deliberate evasion point of view. It's more than it looks like a system that is a little easier for you to fall foul of without trying (probably a mix of battery life arguments and some ticket sale platforms not being particularly friendly)

That's interesting. One place I work used ClickTrvavel and moved to Agiito. Day job used to be part of Capita and got divested, we used... Something... Then switched to Agiito after our divestment, then once our sale completed, we used Clarity as the system of our new owner. Interesting to...

I can get work email on my phone, but their 365 fights with another 365, and it requires me to pretty much set my personal device up as a corporate one. I did it for a week of on call, once that was over, I took their stuff off again to remove the wheel clamp they had on my device. Given the...

3 PDFs. One with the itenary, one for the outward journey, one for the inbound journey. And an ICS file, so I can add the journey to my calendar. That's it. How do I get journey updates from a PDF? It feels I'm trading a mag stripe for an Aztec code. I don't have to worry about barriers...

This is possibly my most contentious question here. Last week, I booked some train tickets for work and thought "I'll try etickets." So, I have two A4 PDFs on my laptop which I cannot print, due to the IT policy and network restrictions. I can (probably) email them to my personal email and...

There may be space for them, but is there a way to drag them there? I thought the DLR was a rail island? Imagine the sight though... Long Marston and Marchwood full of 701s, 2024 and B23 stock. Like a random London depot.

And there is nowhere to keep dragging them endlessly

"Lessons will be learned", and then nothing further happens

Can SWR get back to them?

A few years ago I was stopped at the gateline at East Croydon, my ticket wouldn't work. I asked staff. They said it was invalid as it was a Zone 1-4 travelcard. I said I asked for an all zone one. They asked where I started my journey. I said Morden. They asked what I was planning to do, I said...

Makes it look like they are doing something to distract from how they aren't?

That seems to be the SWR MO... Get new stuff. Delay new stuff. Pass stuff on.

To move passengers from one place to another?

Tongue firmly in cheek, but it seems like every time there's a question about delays caused by staff, that the reply is "Allow more time, it's your own fault"

I thought the forum position with this kind of thing is "You should have allowed more time at the station"?