Strikes - Who's driving and staffing?

[Annetts key]

A driver who is not a member of a striking union and who refuses to cross a picket line would render themselves liable to action under attendance procedures, as well as losing the day's pay.

From the government web site If your business faces industrial action:

Non-union staff and striking
If non-union members go on strike, they are protected from dismissal and have the same rights as union members, as long as the industrial action is lawful.

 

[dk1]

Similar to GWR, which is 20/20 (20mph at 200m from the signal, stopping 20m from the signal) or 10/20 in low adhesion (10mph 200m from the signal, stopping 20m from the signal). So no reference to AWS magnets.

It's not so much that the magnet can be at an incorrect distance, it's more that there is an assumption that all magnets are 200yds/183m from the signal when the current standard specifies that the magnet is placed 'at a distance that equates to at least three seconds train running time, calculated at the maximum permissible speed applicable at the AWS track equipment' (see 3.1.7 of RIS-0775-CCS). That means that where linespeed is 30mph (for example), the AWS magnet can be placed 40m from the signal (assuming I've got my distance/speed/time triangle correct!).

Will stick with the magnet regardless. I’m hopeless at judging distances lol.

 

[dctraindriver]

It may only be a few seconds, but each few seconds adds up and can become minutes.

Thankfully the padding further along the line should mean back to time by end stop. I’ll stick to the PDP.

 

[Mag_seven]

The OP has had their question answered so we will bring this to a halt now. Discussion of train driving techniques and instructions can be continued here:

Train Driving Techniques and Instructions

Moderator note - split from: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/strikes-whos-driving-and-staffing.241782/ I quite agree. But it is situation and location specific, and doesn’t need a 10mph ‘restriction‘ at every red signal. During the RHTT season all red signals have an instruction to...

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