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Not snobbish at all, just honest mate. I good friend of mine used to work for Virgin Atlantic. She said the contrast between working business flights out of Heathrow compared with the predominately holiday flights from Gatwick was so stark. The former usually had their meals & drinks then wanted...

I really missed RETB when it was abolished on the East Suffolk back in 2012.

Of course but back then it was crisps and orange juice too.

Which is why GA stopped offering 1st class freebies on weekends. It was embarrassing to watch how desperate many passengers behaved to get as much as they could, often wasting it.

It’s nice quirky little regional anomaly’s that’s been the case in the NE for as long as I can remember.

Here in East Anglia EMR are running a full weekday service. GA are also running a full off peak timetable with a slightly later start on most routes apart from those affected by engineering works. There’s even a relief service operating Norwich - Sheringham-Cromer & Cromer to Norwich for the NYD...

Yes as said, having the same point mitigates any stop short & release issues. Safety of the line tends to override customer experience nowadays.

And the traincrew will be on exactly the same T&Cs. It is what it is unfortunately.

It’s been slightly alleviated but apart from that, no.

Yeah some of our Senior Conductors at Anglia Railways would do it to assist stretched catering staff but this was never official and would never be dictated by management. That would have put the cat amongst the pigeons.

No idea. I’m chilled out at home watching tv.

Is that no availability or no trains? Seems to be some conflicting news this afternoon.

Nearby hotels will be cashing in then.

Thats fantastic news for all except the airlines then. Probably caused a stressful few hours for all those booked to travel, many of whom may have already spent quite a bit on non-refundable alternatives.

No more Eurostar services today according to BBC travel. Airlines can now at least triple the cost of any available seats ;)

Seniority still comes into play at my depot if two drivers have the same datum time. The senior driver picks up the earliest turn off spare. Unfortunately that doesn’t mean it has the earliest finish time.

We always had several drivers/guards that did ‘permanent’ swaps. Main thing that would catch them out was the occasional Sunday where either would not get their compulsory 12hrs rest from their Saturday or Monday turns of duty. Some were happy to jack that Sunday in whereas others would organise...

But to be fair thats just how it is. Anyone not able to cope with that should remain or head back to what others refer to as the real world.

I always assumed within transportation that it means on the left ‘in the direction of travel’.

Funny how long it takes for anything to die out on the railway. Always been the same.