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I'd love to know who you are sometimes :E Will be interesting to watch the upcoming Golden Whistle awards! o_O

Correct, but again that doesn’t compute with them being able to drive. That is to say, if their visual acuity or restricted visual field is poor enough corrected to be legally blind (or sight impaired by the legal definition), then they would be not have a driving licence, which by their own...

I've taken an interest in this one as my wife is blind - or 'severely sight impaired' in legal terms - and therefore could see herself in this situation... albeit without having parked her car at the train station first! --- As a random example, the charity "Sense" has the following...

Following the emergency services dealing with an incident at Milton Keynes Central all lines have now reopened. What is the impact on AWC services Train services running through this station may be cancelled or delayed by up to 60 minutes. Disruption is expected until the end of the day.

It may be pushing it in your opinion, but it's still factual! Same reason on the Northbound trains announce "Camden Town, Edgware Branch". If you're heading to Barnet and didn't know you'd need to get on a Barnet train, will that announcement prompt you to do so? Probably not. But still, that's...

Except there is a difference in calling pattern dependant on which branch you're on, (Mornington Crescent), and thus you may need to change trains based on the branch you're on.

Yes, at least the Northern Line has "Saloon Heat & Vent" which should be automatic based on the ambient temperature, but can be isolated by the driver.

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Whilst it is correct that only the Controller has GSM-R, I found the reality was that the Chilterns tended to use SPTs and contacted the signaller directly for signalling related issues.

That's from the 5th of January - they were already planning to ballot before the RMT strike was called off.

I believe it was an RRV. My assumption would be that they have experienced this type of train setting off the fire alarm, therefore managed station closures are better than evacuations with LFB attendance considering recent ‘panic’ incidents such as Clapham

Whilst when at an auto remaining at danger most drivers would contact the controller not the signaller, it’s relevant to note that on LU drivers don’t choose which signaller to call. They push the ‘signaller’ button on the radio head and it sends a call request to any dispatcher logged in as a...

Correct to my understanding, someone at the top wouldn't get a payrise. If the band is £20,000 to £40,000 for example: If you're on £40,000 you will stay on £40,000 If you're on £20,000 you will be on £21,000 A new member of staff entering the grade (after the implementation date) will be on...

That's interesting - the total opposite on LU with their connect system!

Disputable on both points but that's another conversation! ;) However the decision making aspect still applies here. Staff at stations, when staffed and competent to access the track, do not do so until they are directed by Service Control Centres. It does seem to be the general consensus that...

I'll assume the armchair expert reference wasn't to me, but I could instead suggest that instead of an "Armchair Expert Hotline" NR and the TOCs could simply consider the sharing of best practice between railways, and cease the viewpoint that "this is the way we've always done it" is a valid...

Lots of talk around decisions which could or couldn't have been taken regarding providing a service, which I suppose we don't know the answer to without knowing what reversing points have what routes available from them, where the traction current / isolation sections start/end to allow traction...

That was indeed part of the pay claim by RMT at least, but the company stated that discussions around this would not form part of the pay deal. I think if LU staff were offered 5% in addition to the same travel benefits other colleagues have then it'd be accepted - personal opinion of course.

Yes, just up the road at TCR, back in 2018

Eh? Are you suggesting that they should have pulled out the stock from the depot which would subsequently be within the closure? If so that's rather short sighted; you'd have no-where to put the trains away to during an emergency, suspension, disruption etc.