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    Lost property showing up as in Craigentinny Hitachi Maintenance Depot

    Their website states that it will be stored in Newark Northgate for collection or you can pay to get it sent to you LNER lost property database MissingX is the provider of the LNER lost property database, helping to reunite you with your lost property. If you have lost an item at or on a train...
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    BROC - one acronym two locations

    The name change from WMSCC to BROC looks like it only considered the fringes. It is only when you get get to a national system like GSM-R that you notice. WMSCC should have been renamed to BIROC or something similar. Using the GSM-R phone book to contact the signaller is rare I would have thought.
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    Trains all at a stand in the Manchester area... (Thursday afternoon 06AUG2026)

    Well in a similar outage in November 2023 in Edinburgh, the interlockings lost communication with the trackside modules and the messages overwhelmed the control system. I do not know if they replaced certain parts but I would not take any PR statements as gospel at this time.
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    Lumo running train with no toilets

    Only for those who wish to travel without a toilet. What did Lumo provide for those unwilling to travel without a toilet even taking into consideration the mitigations?
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    Lumo running train with no toilets

    Indeed, the proverbial race to the bottom which some think is acceptable
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    Lumo running train with no toilets

    Did they offer passengers alternative travel to their destination?
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    Lumo running train with no toilets

    It is unacceptable to run that service without working toilets. The arrogance of them to think they could get away with it.
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    Trains all at a stand in the Manchester area... (Thursday afternoon 06AUG2026)

    The signalling system is fail safe therefore any interruption to the power or communications between the interlocking and trackside and the interlocking and signaller control system will put the signals to red (which are likely on different power supply to the interlocking or the control system).
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    Trains all at a stand in the Manchester area... (Thursday afternoon 06AUG2026)

    The outage incident in Edinburgh a couple of years ago was this, there was a wiring error and the UPS was in bypass mode.
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    PSTN/2g switch off effect on the railways?

    GSM-R is owned and operated by Network Rail
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    Bedford (Elstow) collision reporting by Daily Express: is this accurate or misleading?

    It is very misleading precisely because 'a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing' I can, and have, written accessible summaries for readers who do not understand signalling and it is not misleading
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    Following the Bedford incident, should TPWS - or something providing an equivalent level of protection - be fitted to all remaining unfitted signals?

    TPWS TSS & OSS fitment at every signal to protect rear end collisions? That will cost an absolute fortune 1782313363 You are assuming the train ahead is stopped at the signal ahead. It could be stopped anywhere in the signal section.
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    Report of collision Bedford (Elstow) - 19/06/26

    The risk assessment carried out when TPWS was rolled out determined that the cost does not justify the expense of fitting them.
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    Bookham Tunnel - Track Workers Near-Miss

    The fact that one safe work pack was produced for two different jobs on separate lines should have been an immediate red flag in the planning stages of the work. The fact that this was not picked up at all points towards a superficial understanding by all involved about what was planned, the...
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    Nationwide GSMR outage 19/05

    Call routing in non-Train Describer areas and unregistered trains is Location Dependent Addressing (LDA) which is essentially cell based routing. Every cell will be configured to route calls to a certain signaller. Call routing in TD areas and registered trains is enhanced LDA (eLDA) which uses...
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    Fife Rail Electrification/Decarbonisation

    Having a fleet of trains stabled waiting for infrastructure work to be completed is a much worse scenario than having the infrastructure waiting for the fleet of trains.
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    Nationwide GSMR outage 19/05

    The most likely cause of the SPTs not working is much simpler, nobody uses them and they probably have not worked in years
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    GSMR - what do signallers see when a headcode is registered?

    Emergency calls go to every train radio in pre-determined cells whether registered or not. Registering means the signaller can see (& search) the headcode on the trains & mobiles list (it will show unit number if not registered). In train desriber areas, registering also allows calls to be...

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