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At times , when ATP is faulty and cab from train hast to be driven from is where fault occurred, drivers are required to select ETCS on the back wall and run without ATP. Otherwise brakes won’t release. There are speed limits and lines over which such train can run and in the cab the ATP...

Cable theft somewhere between Evesham and Worcester caused absolute carnage in the morning for trains going towards Paddington on North Cots Line ( and to lesser extent away from London). Some diverted via Cheltenham and Swindon, which did not help 100’s of people between Worcester and Oxford...

Platform length at Stansted may not be an issue since automated SDO is fitted pretty much as a standard now. As long as the unit fits between buffers and starting signal , one could get much longer trains than platform itself.

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Marginally longer as most of running times have some padding added

No , GWR could not run better service as electric only powered trains were blocking the lines including Up Main at Ealing Bdw ( Heathrow Express) preventing “diesel” trains from getting to Paddington to form another service. Diesel or not it was impossible to run anything at all . Not to mention...

I love EU07 old school livery , and the sound of accelerating is just amazing …

Regularly, in GWR land Turbo services use mirrors or look back between Oxford and Didcot ( so Oxford and Banbury). Also , on very rare occasions mirrors, CCTV monitors and look back will also apply for Turbos between Didcot and Reading, if short of 387’s. I do not know if there is any booked...

I guess GBR could harmonise by saying -“ from now on such and such grade is on such and such contract if joining the railways “ and let all other contracts expire / retire / transfer, till everybody is on new this same contract everywhere. I know unions would bargain hard but in principle it...

Without naming any depo , route or operator - I saw diagrams issued for the train crew for entire week , where 8 intermediate stations at which all trains call, were missing and next stop on the diagram was 55 miles away in both directions If followed to the letter and not questioned by the...

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Hanborough on North Cotswold Line , I think there is only one a week ( Sundays) train that does not stop : 17.31 Hereford to London. It definitely did not stop last Sunday nor it was advertised to do so.

Sundays are not part of working week. They are “ committed” for GWR grade drivers (which is still an overtime) and voluntary for HSS grade drivers . If Sundays become part of working week, there will be need for more drivers. For now nothing is known if they become. Recent intake was partially...

Ok. Understood .

Could you elaborate, what works will start September 2027?

There were (are?) authorised walking routes at Shrub Hill (Wylds Lane) and Malvern Wells (single line) to change ends without set being double manned - in HST days . Recently here is a walking route done for 10 cars IET at Wylds Lane just to change middle cabs but not been officially signed off...

And Didcot to Oxford ( Hanborough).

I have heard that it is most ( or at least very ) sought after depot among internal transfers, where waiting list is quite ling, so to come from outside may be a long wait if ever. Happy to be corrected, it’s just what I heard

It’s harsh but if DI’s are busy with previous trainees doing their hours , next lot of trainees would have nothing to do ( and still get paid), which would be quite pointless .

The “northbound “ platform at Oxford is platform 4 not 3 . But “ Northbound “ or Southbound” has not much of a meaning here . Both platforms are bi-directional . Train in question arrived in to Platform 3 so Fire Brigade could access it and then due to blocking one of 2 through platforms , it...