Recent content by OxtedSignaller

Stagecoach should really be focusing on their existing routes and operations before introducing a service almost duplicating that of Brighton and Hove. They are still regularly cancelling, in excess, of 20 services a day in the Eastbourne area.

With the rise of e-tickets which I understand has led to a further decrease in on train sales, they should be redeployed as Passenger Hosts similar to the rest of GTR on most routes where a second person isnt operationally required. Put them into pairs or larger groups when neccesary, and have...

There are no guards routinely on Chiltern Railways services which stop at Wembley Stadium (unless they are loco hauled mainline service, which i believe is a rare occurance at that station) they are all Driver Only Operated services, so if its the case that a member of staff advised you to board...

I'd imagine that even though Abellio will be responsible for the co-ordination, Go Ahead Group Bus Companies will still be providing many of the rail replacement services (to Abellio) simply because of the geography and the fact that outside of the London Area, Abellio have very little...

What is the logic on two separate strike days for Govia Thameslink Railway? Surely for ASLEF it simply reduces the impacts of their strikes, as there will be Brighton Mainline services running on both days. Though I guess especially on the day when Southern is running and Thameslink not, they...

Other than Conductors and On Board Supervisors, who can issue tickets, Southern doesn't actually have any Revenue Protection Inspectors. So on the London suburban trains especially fare evasion is rife. Apparently their On Board Supervisors have been trained on penalty fares but don't actually...

It wouldn't surprise me if revenue protection had improved since Govia lost the contract. Their revenue protection (or lack of) is horrendous and still is on TL and SN.

In the case of Ontrak for example after 12 weeks they pay their agency workers the same rate of pay as a permanent member of staff due to the Agency Working Regulations. However they obviously do not have the same pay, conditions and pensions. I know GTR are scaling back their use of agency...

The RMT needs a change at the top which unfortunately does not look to be on the horizon anytime soon. They ruined negotiations on GTR regarding the role of the Guard wrecking the terms and conditions of several members when the role was simply implemented without agreement now once SWR has...

If you were about to be issued a penalty fare and had a valid ticket surely you would produce it would you not. And why would you say you did not have a valid ticket. If an Authorised Collector or Conductor is going through checking they are going to be asking for Tickets and Passes or something...

There must be a reason why an MG11 was issued and not a Penalty Fare though as usually they would simply issue a penalty fare for travelling outside of the Oyser card validity area. That slip is from the bottom of the pad containing the blank MG11s and usually given to authorise permission to...

All SWR have to do is stick it out until the new trains are introduced and they will then probably change the name of the new role and Job Description and they will serve notice on the employees no different to Southern. Then it will be up to them personally to decide if they will stay or go. To...

There is a lot of work to be done and to be fair why not simply have a standard design across the country so if the time comes you can use the smartcards anywhere in the country people are aware of this. Because if you were not very knowledgeable you would presume you cannot use a Southeastern...

No extension of DOO was promised so unless the DfT are going to pay for it are they really going to bother? Like said above would you really want to run a train down to Uckfield and it fails without an OBS because of exceptional circumstances. Would be mayhem and it would take a while for the...

They said the same on Southern apparently the number of dispatch irregularities and operational incidents decreased following the implementation of DOO/DCO.