Ash Bridge
Established Member
I have total respect for someone who comes on and apologises for something they said and that afterwards considers that maybe it was an ill judged thing to write, no so many will admit that publicly so good on you!
Agreed, but I think, if I were in the position of deciding which trains to cancel, I'd lean towards caution. Freezing rain is a very rare meteorological event in the UK, so it isn't as though setting the precedent would result in several days of disruption.It's a no win situation, cancel services and there will be criticism, run them and you risk something like this. I don't see a solution quite honestly.
Agreed, but I think, if I were in the position of deciding which trains to cancel, I'd lean towards caution. Freezing rain is a very rare meteorological event in the UK, so it isn't as though setting the precedent would result in several days of disruption.
This sort of situation is completely unacceptable, what if someone had a medical emergency? I bet then the emergency services would've have been there sharpish!
Ours did that yeaterday, and we dodn't have freezing rain! Mind you, we only had this boiler fitted last summer.As an idea, my boiler condensate pipe froze (as has happened to many).. it's never happened before and I've lived here 7 years.
This sort of situation is completely unacceptable, what if someone had a medical emergency? I bet then the emergency services would've have been there sharpish!
You know what people at Basingstoke did, how? Please elaborate.
Baseless comments like this are irresponsible. Basingstoke have been completely overloaded recently but must it be because they couldn't make a decision?
Yes, they make mistakes, but to imply they didn't even try hard enough last night is completely nonsense if you can even glance into the control log.
I have diabetes, I only carry enough insulin for the day, what if I went hypo? No buffet car on that service, so I couldn't even maintain my sugar levels if I was on that train, SWR should've done more!
I have diabetes, I only carry enough insulin for the day, what if I went hypo? No buffet car on that service, so I couldn't even maintain my sugar levels if I was on that train, SWR should've done more!
I guess you work in the WICC then as it seem to have touched a raw nerve.
Firstly I've not implied individual staff "didnt even try hard enough",so please acknowledge that your statement is incorrect.
However, in excess of 15 years experience at the sharp end I know it can be extremely hard to get a timely decision from the WICC during disruption, a sentiment shared by many signallers I've found. Then communication of that decision to people who need to know can be patchy.
I'm happy to acknowledge when good, timely decisions are made and communicated in a timely manner to the front line, but there is scope for huge improvement.
I have diabetes, I only carry enough insulin for the day, what if I went hypo? No buffet car on that service, so I couldn't even maintain my sugar levels if I was on that train, SWR should've done more!
Do you not carry glucose tablets in case of a hypo?
In any case, if you went hypo (low sugar) the last thing you need is insulin to lower it more.
I have total respect for someone who comes on and apologises for something they said and that afterwards considers that maybe it was an ill judged thing to write, no so many will admit that publicly so good on you!
Do you not carry glucose tablets in case of a hypo?
In any case, if you went hypo (low sugar) the last thing you need is insulin to lower it more.
This sort of situation is completely unacceptable, what if someone had a medical emergency? I bet then the emergency services would've have been there sharpish!
But sometimes for me, glucose tablets aren't enough for me to keep my sugar up, and not just me, what if someone had a cardiac arrest?
But sometimes for me, glucose tablets aren't enough for me to keep my sugar up, and not just me, what if someone had a cardiac arrest? I'm not sure if every train has a defibrillator, if this one hadn't they would've been long gone by the time a chopper would reach them!
Exactly the same as would have happened if someone in a house down the road from the station had had a cardiac arrest.
But sometimes for me, glucose tablets aren't enough for me to keep my sugar up, and not just me, what if someone had a cardiac arrest? I'm not sure if every train has a defibrillator, if this one hadn't they would've been long gone by the time a chopper would reach them!
But sometimes for me, glucose tablets aren't enough for me to keep my sugar up, and not just me, what if someone had a cardiac arrest? I'm not sure if every train has a defibrillator, if this one hadn't they would've been long gone by the time a chopper would reach them!
I have diabetes, I only carry enough insulin for the day, what if I went hypo? No buffet car on that service, so I couldn't even maintain my sugar levels if I was on that train, SWR should've done more!
I'm not sure if every train has a defibrillator, if this one hadn't they would've been long gone by the time a chopper would reach them!
The reality is that if someone had suffered an acute medical emergency on a stuck train last night (including someone with diabetes without access to insulin) they would most likely have died before assistance could have reached them.
Though in practice, in most parts of the country, they would have been in exactly the same, er, boat, as someone in the farmhouse across the field from the train. The South East isn't rural in the way the Far North, the West Highland Line or the S&C is. The New Forest is a bit bleak but no part of it is *that* far from some kind of building. Even Beaulieu Road has a Scout campsite about 2 miles up the road (probably provides a lot of its custom) which could have provided emergency shelter in its buildings (often Scout buildings are opened up in these kinds of situations).
I have diabetes, I only carry enough insulin for the day, what if I went hypo? No buffet car on that service, so I couldn't even maintain my sugar levels if I was on that train, SWR should've done more!