nutter
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Has anyone heard from Ghost Chav recently, or anyone else from Arriva Trains Wales, because I realy need advice and guildence from someone within the company on the front line
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Anyone heard from Ghost Chav
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Ghost Chav? I think you may mean GhostCav, unless of course he has become a chav and is no longer a rail employee after doodling on the cab walls with the odd splash of spray paint 
You could try using the "e-mail user" link in his profile as that should go straight to his e-mail inbox incase he doesn't drop by here anymore.
You could try using the "e-mail user" link in his profile as that should go straight to his e-mail inbox incase he doesn't drop by here anymore.
nutter
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Thats the one damon, cheers.
I don't think he's become a chav, at least I hope not.
I'll try the e-mail, but he ain't been on here since the end of april, so Iwas just wondering if anything has happened to him
I don't think he's become a chav, at least I hope not.
I'll try the e-mail, but he ain't been on here since the end of april, so Iwas just wondering if anything has happened to him
AlexS
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Hmm. Arriva Trains Wales, why on earth would ya wanna speak with someone on the front line with them 
They had an absolutely junk day yesterday I believe, Aberystwyths running terribly, 158 failing at Gobowen and stopping the job for hours, then the replacement 175110 arriving at New Street and duly failing as well.
They had an absolutely junk day yesterday I believe, Aberystwyths running terribly, 158 failing at Gobowen and stopping the job for hours, then the replacement 175110 arriving at New Street and duly failing as well.
AlexS
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I know, that was because myself and the guard were having a quick go at literally trying to kick it into life.
nutter
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Lol. Well, I'm in the process of filling out an application for a job as conductor, and want to get any inside hints and tips. I've spoken to him via e-mail.
If I can get this conductors job, then thegamble of qitting NWR wil have paid off, just, because at the moment I regret it more than anything i've ever done
Cheers guys, and heres to conducting (not classical either
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If I can get this conductors job, then thegamble of qitting NWR wil have paid off, just, because at the moment I regret it more than anything i've ever done
Cheers guys, and heres to conducting (not classical either
)AlexS
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If ya get it I'd go for a transfer ASAP - ATW conductor morale certainly seems crap.
nutter
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already on there in the jobs section
Respite
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LOL Chav...........No way, I still have a brain.
OK so I've not been on for ages,wedding planning,house moving & other stuff are keeping me busy.
Did email nutter though,anyluck? If not then dont feel bad,I heard it was well applied for.
Oh & don't get me started on 175's,biggest pile of ****e around (well as well as pendo's & voyagers).
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You must of spoken to a chester man,ATW is as good as any TOC (i.e. all quite ****e really)Salop conductors are actually quite happy though.
OK so I've not been on for ages,wedding planning,house moving & other stuff are keeping me busy.
Did email nutter though,anyluck? If not then dont feel bad,I heard it was well applied for.
Oh & don't get me started on 175's,biggest pile of ****e around (well as well as pendo's & voyagers).
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You must of spoken to a chester man,ATW is as good as any TOC (i.e. all quite ****e really)Salop conductors are actually quite happy though.
AlexS
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Quite possible that I'd spoke to a chester bloke - he was looking quite down having sat at Gobowen for 3 hours then having to slum it to New Street with a broken unit and then have it finally give up the ghost with door faults!
Learned a valuable lesson he did though - never ask New Street platform goons for assistance, they're still just learning how to walk, let alone think!
Learned a valuable lesson he did though - never ask New Street platform goons for assistance, they're still just learning how to walk, let alone think!
nutter
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Thanks GhostCAV. No luck with ATW, but I've just been offered and accepted an interview and selection day with VT as a first class host, which was why I initially quit NWR (among other things)
Respite
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For some reason most Chester traincrew love to moan at everything,they moan at working for Arriva trains wales as they prefered it when they were first north western.But then they moaned at how crap first north western was when they worked for them.They just love to moan,they dont like us salop drivers because we took some diagrams off them,although these were the diagrams like the last new street that they moaned about doing as they are not good diagrams..................Go figure!:roll: When I'm PNB in chester I avoid the mess room at all costs,its either really miserable in there or very militant. There are a few chester guys who are really good though & I enjoy working with them,but it seems they are a minority.
Oh & although I'm not blind & think that ATW is the best thing ever,as in the end it has the same problem as all TOC's i.e.Profit is the main thing.
But I do think that ATW do get a rough write up when you know what really happens.
:For instance we have had loads of 175 failures lately,but 175's are not maintained by ATW,they are all done by Alstom at chester as part of the lease agrement.They are a crap unit & just like voyagers are already buggered. Many units are out in service with engines isolated & other non safety equipment isolated.None of which is ATW's fault but we get the blame.
:As for the Aberystwth-birmingham service,a real source of complaints to ATW.Well here's a little list for you to see what is really going on.
-Delays between Aber/Pwl to salop.Some down to 158's overheating at Tallerdigg but down at least %70 since last year,so that is ATW's fault as such.But most delays are down to failure of the RETB system at Mach.It sometimes takes up to 15 minutes to get an electronic token after the driver has moved the RETB cab unit into multiple cabs to try & get the token.Dodgy RETB base stations being the problem so the delay there is down to Network rail. Off course then this causes a problem with the single line which should never of been singled so once again delay down to Network rail.
-Salop to Wolves.**** poor regulating from salop at times with the central local being put infront of the ATW service as close as a minute apart..Delay Network rail.
-Delays at oxley due to extremly crap regulating by a certain signaller,approach oxley on a caution aspect at the distant,come to stand at his first signal at red only to watch the bloody thing flash straight through from single yellow,double yellow,green in a matter of a split second. Once again down to Network Rail.
-Wolves to brum. If we are right time we then catch up with the local emu at tipton & follow the damn thing all the way in.If we are late then we actually get a better run in as long as we are only up to 10 late. Delay Network Rail/planning.
-Brum to wolves on the return is amazing at times.I've had it loads of times where we have been all set to depart on time & a minute before departure an empty pendo is put out infront of me,ok I thought maybe he can get out of my way.Which actually they dont as a good 158 will outrun a pendo between brum & wolves with the multiple speed changes & max linespeed of 75mph.Then after the pendo you get a central emu ECS for soho put out in your time!!! Followed by getting cautioned/stopped all the way to soho & then you catch up with the pendo around springvale/monmore green & all the way into wolves. Then of course oxley forgets you again & does his red,single yellow,double yellow,green thing with you again! Delay all down to Network rail.
Ok so long winded but I hope that somewhere in there you can see that ATW may get the blame,but do they deserve it on that?
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Congrats on that Nutter,I take its with west coast VT? Otherwise you will still be working for Arriva...LOL
AlexS
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You obviously hold the same love for Oxley box that I do when on a Saturday morning they put a Pendo ECS into the platform 20 minutes before departure while holding the 0650 shunt from the dock into platform 2 at Wolves, which delays the 0652 all stations, which delays your 0659 cart, which delays the 0705 Euston and so on and so forth!
That said, Cardiff Canton have a very bad press for unit maintenance - I believe FGW went berserk when they took a proper look at some of theirs when they took them under their own wing at Bristol.
As someone who does depend on the line though I don't recall it being this bad before - withdrawing the Central fast now means that sometimes there's only 1 train per hour down the line either during CT's 20xx lack of guard service gap, or when the wales train has got stuck somewhere else, generally during peak period, and the 4 car ATW's passengers from Shrewsbury and Telford all pile on with the local passengers on to a 2 car 150 or 170.
That said, Cardiff Canton have a very bad press for unit maintenance - I believe FGW went berserk when they took a proper look at some of theirs when they took them under their own wing at Bristol.
As someone who does depend on the line though I don't recall it being this bad before - withdrawing the Central fast now means that sometimes there's only 1 train per hour down the line either during CT's 20xx lack of guard service gap, or when the wales train has got stuck somewhere else, generally during peak period, and the 4 car ATW's passengers from Shrewsbury and Telford all pile on with the local passengers on to a 2 car 150 or 170.
nutter
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Well, it makes it fun with a push bike and a 120 ltr rucksack filled to the brim.
And, yes, I will soon be working for arriva :cry:, as long as I get past selection
Just get on a HST and you'll be fine! :mrgreen:
nutter
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I've never been on a HST tbh, but I like the 22x, as long as I ain't by the toilets and I've got my own seat (a rucksack)
Respite
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What?? Never been on a HST?!?!?
hock:Try it & then you will see what an absolute pile of cack 22x's are!
nutter
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Well, with a bit of luck, I'll be able to get out a bit more and ride on one sometime
AlexS
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Get yerself down to wolverhampton for 8.49 on saturdays at the moment and you can have a skeg as far as new street.
You won't have your own seat working on the Voyagers! Even the guard only gets a flippy seat in the first class end, catering staff get nowt!
You won't have your own seat working on the Voyagers! Even the guard only gets a flippy seat in the first class end, catering staff get nowt!
nutter
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If i'm desperate, I'll just learn to take my MASSIVE army rucksack, stow it in the luggage racks, and hey presto, a seat if I need it
AlexS
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Don't forget you're legally limited in what luggage you can bring with you on a train according to the conditions of carriage!
nutter
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I think I might have broken that quite a few times, hows 60kg in a rucksack sound, total weight of me and it, 130kg. Still got some way to catch up with you then alex
AlexS
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Oof! 109kg here! My defence is I'm over 6ft tall and very broad shouldered!
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