Interesting story on how to keep the trains running, even if few actually get to board this Inverness to Aberdeen train.
http://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/Article.aspx/1524896
http://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/Article.aspx/1524896
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Well, at least the train ran!
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Failed Unit
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Happens a lot, TOC's often run services fast to make up time no matter how much it inconviences passengers on the skipped station. Scotrail frequently do this on Edinburgh - Glasgow trains making them non-stop between Haymarket and Glasgow. I guess a cancelled train costs them more than a late train. It is annoying when you see that the train is classed as on-time, maybe but not to the people in the middle that couldn't use it!
royaloak
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Stood on the platform, oh look here comes the train, whoosh, and there goes the train! 
SWT Driver
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Imagine all the creature comforts that the driver got... Tea, Coffee, Hot Chocolate, peace & quiet from whinging pax...
Oh how much better the railway would run without pax.
Oh how much better the railway would run without pax.
royaloak
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And how many times have you been tempted to do something similar?
SWT Driver
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I decline to say, in case I incriminate myself. M'lud.
graham125hst
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I work in retail and say the same myself. The job would be fantastic without the public coming in to ruin your day
It's also rumoured the guard was to get on at Huntly, but the driver wasn't told this till it was to late.... wonder why the driver couldn't operate the doors, suppose what can you expect First giving a driver a pay rise... ha don't make me laugh!
ChrisTheRef
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Sorry, but what stops the catering assistant doing it?
Yes, red tape, I know. But I've done it, it's not difficult
Yes, red tape, I know. But I've done it, it's not difficult
royaloak
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Training! Not his job, insurance, knowledge, it is SAFETY CRITICAL for a reason :roll:
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