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It's useful to have a train waiting at a signal out of the station, as it can move as soon as it gets the signal. If it waits in the station, once it gets the signal it has to go through the dispatch procedure, causing additional delay.
You could start straight at block school or have some time doing other things first; it varies. It could be a while.
If your contract is for a box then that's where you'll be, unless you're on the relief.
Block school location is decided on both availability and distance.
That is where your...
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Booked off - Paid as part of 35 hour week but not required to come in (usually on Bank Holidays, or to avoid breaking Hidden)
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This also reminds me of Ladbroke Grove. As well as the poor training of a new driver, in both incidents the driver believed the signal was showing a different indication, even though the signal indications were visible for a significant length of time after forming this belief.
Suggested or requested maybe, but signallers are responsible for regulation. If the signaller could show that their decision minimised overall delay, or otherwise followed the regulating policy, they wouldn't get the delay.
Many signallers are wary of using berth triggered broadcasts as there is no way of ensuring that the driver has correctly understood the message. They may acknowledge the broadcast, but believe they heard something different to what the signaller intended. With conventional communication, this...
'Fire and rehire', although they'd be daft to do that; most railway staff are either able to retire now or have a previous career or qualification to fall back on.
Well, 'over 100 trains' is correct!
During the day, in an hour there is, or should be, in each direction:
Liverpool-Newcastle TPE
Manchester-Redcar TPE
South West-Scotland XC
Leeds-York Northern
Blackpool-York Northern
Hull-York Northern
Approx one freight
plus the occasional...