Recent content by 43OO4

If you were crew, on a service where you've had to declassify first class, leave passengers waiting at Stafford, and were still at crush load, then you'd be praying to not pick up any more passengers.

Again, as I've said, if the barriers were any closer then people would not be able to get through. The fact of the matter is - the signs on the barriers just denote a suitcase, no mention of scale - hell, it even looks like one that can just simply be carried anyway - and so it's not really...

Hi, I've just passed through Paddington EL. If those barriers were any closer, people wouldn't be able to get through. And yet... So... Is your suitcase banned or not banned? Is it large or not large? Staff are trained not to cause confrontation or frustration in passengers. This is why you...

I'm not sure why you felt the need to announce such a feat, especially when the rules and the measures in place are simple and brook no explanation nor reasoning: Don't bring suitcases on escalators.

Alongside in the same way that, for example, two theatres could put on a show next door to each other, yes, but not 'alongside' in the traditional sense.

Just here to clear up confusion - north of Euston approach, the DC & Bakerloo lines are functionally a different railway to the WCML.

Your brain. I can guarantee you it's only train nerds who care about if a train feels "computerised" (whatever the hell that means). It'll be in various things, such as design cues, timings of certain things, even how clean the trains are. But ultimately, this is purely a subjective thread.

Wolverhampton's a bit of a sticky one, as 390/1s are too long for the circuits/counters and can prohibit movement across certain junctions around the station when berthed.

Route clearance pages aren't to be trusted I've discovered. 450s aren't cleared into Reading approach on the Sectional Appendix, and yet they do Readings.

And now completely tangentially, I'm now thinking of when the District ran firmly into Great Western land..!

That sounds right, actually, and the Sectional Appendix would agree!

Iver (?) - WB Main too low for safe use, not to passenger standards iirc. If not Iver, then definitely around that area.

Will RMT take on a matter that happens before joining, though? And from firsthand experience, there isn't much that RMT can actually do during the probation period - my TOC specified a very vague reason for getting rid of me during my probation, citing an "uncertainty" in when I'd be able to...

My experience with sickness at work, however, has been completely different. Even as part of a union, sustaining an injury at work, TOCs will seek to get rid of the weak pickings in new cohorts, even if it's not your doing. Hoping for the best for you.

No, it is a very easy question. Don't get me wrong, I advocate for accessible travel for all - but your discomfort for all of a 20 second journey from concourse to platform does not preside over safety rules and measures. Now I've worked in hands-on safety critical roles both on and off the...