Triumph
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Whats behind that, I thought they were passed for Victoria a long time ago?No 700's into London Victoria tomorrow. GTR having to hire 465/466 from south eastern instead.
Whats behind that, I thought they were passed for Victoria a long time ago?No 700's into London Victoria tomorrow. GTR having to hire 465/466 from south eastern instead.
The recent WON suggested they. Aren't cleared from snowhill tunnel to blackfriars but surely I misread
Rumour:
Nobody can remember if the safety case was completed, several project people are on leave or sick and the paperwork has either gone walkies or doesn't exist.
Whats behind that, I thought they were passed for Victoria a long time ago?
The paperwork is sitting on my iPad. We were sent it a couple of weeks ago. Considering I'm booked there tomorrow along with half my depot then I'm kinda weirded out.
But,but they have been!**** up
700's not route cleared into vic
Networker substitution
I just checked, you're right. Hmmm...
They're cleared operationally, but not for passenger service. Complete oversight on GTRs part.
They're cleared operationally, but not for passenger service. Complete oversight on GTRs part.
Excuse my ignorance, but what's the difference?
No wonder our railway is so expensive to deliver.
Bit more than an oversight if they let it get to the point where drivers still think they're working them the day before!
Stop marks briefing sent out
Drivers trained
Staff trained
Unit run into and out of Vic
Route certification sent out
LTP Diagrams changed
STP Diagrams issued
Totally and utterly crazy situation :/
They can go into the station without tripping power supplies/hitting platforms/being unable to see signals, etc. However, there isn't the necessary equipment, processes, or staff for dispatch, passenger assistance, etc, as mentioned in post 8379
And what would be different for a 700 than for the existing stock?
I wouldn't worry as 700/1 are still not cleared for platform 1 at Three Bridges and platform 3 at Brighton plus 700/0 still can't be permissively work platform 4 at Brighton and the new one from a couple a weeks ago, there's no paperwork for the Selhurst Spurs so a couple of ECS moves current cycle via East Croydon vice West Croydon.
Wouldn't it be better if each train carried its own ramp? Another reason for OBS. I've heard too many tales of booked ramps failing to appear.
What routes do the 700s operate out of Victoria? Are they on lease to Southern?
None yet. They should have operated Thameslink services from Sevenoaks via the Catford loop into the Southeastern side today as Blackfriars is shut.
In the near future they will work some Southern services from Horsham / Littlehampton (peak) / East Grinstead into the Southern side of Victoria as it is too complicated to change the existing 377 diagrams for them only to take over London Bridge Southern services. This ends in May 2018.
Ah okay! I figured they should be easy to transfer between GN, Southern, GatX, since they are all under 1 parent! It would be good if they came down to Portsmouth one day!