Diesel is cheaper in a Anglo/Scottish flowSo whats cheaper for a TOC, diesel or electricity? Is there a price insentive for TOCs to want expansion of the electrified network or are the TOCs quite happy with diesel, especially given a diesel unit or locomotive can go anywhere.
Aside from traction power, station operator TOCs are, I believe, responsible for their own electricity at stations.
Essentially, that is what happens on electric vehicles fitted with meters, only digitally!I've got a bizarre image of TOC employees feeding 10p coins into the consumption meters of their trains; this could presumably become a pretty lively task when going up a serious incline.
Correct or on an agreed % of the overall bill or on an agreed kWhr consumption basisIn some locations, the station or depot will be supplied by electricity from the Network Rail electrical distribution system. Hence there will be a meter so that Network Rail and the TOC (or other company, e.g. retailer) can agree on usage and payment.
Diesel is cheaper in a Anglo/Scottish flow
I've got a bizarre image of TOC employees feeding 10p coins into the consumption meters of their trains; this could presumably become a pretty lively task when going up a serious incline.
There was I thinking that at some central location was a man with a coin meter and a very large pile of 50p's.
Did you or your colleagues have to gain Personal Track Safety (PTS) accreditation and walk many miles to visit all those meters to read them?I worked for a utility company some years ago and Railtrack (that was) had a hour hourly meter at every signal, point or other infrastructure etc. There was also a complex arrangement where some braking electric trains feed back to the grid
I was office based. Half hourly meters are automatically read every half hour and the data fed back to the data operator - sometimes in analogue form so there would have been colleagues in the field who had to go on and inspect the meters every so oftenDid you or your colleagues have to gain Personal Track Safety (PTS) accreditation and walk many miles to visit all those meters to read them?
No when a Meter Operator or DNO operative have to go lineside they will be under Track Visitor Arrangements with a COSS and Lookout. Virtually all Network Rail Electric and Gas meters are now AMR ( Automatic Remote Readable) meters so can be dialled up. The problem occurs with faulty Comm Modems the and or SIM cards that then require rectification/ replacementDid you or your colleagues have to gain Personal Track Safety (PTS) accreditation and walk many miles to visit all those meters to read them?