Recent content by tony6499

It just shows you whatever wheeze you dream up to scam the railway or others it quickly unravels especially in the digital age

the point is the guard may recollect things differently to what we've been told

But if the train was so crowded how did the guard get through ?

Unfortunately what seems a good idea on paper is absolutely useless , they usually fall apart in minutes. I had great pleasure once demolishing a managers idea of restructuring the leave pattern which would have left 90% of the people on leave on one shift.

Wouldn't someone who worked at Wembley know that there weren't guards on their trains into Marylebone ?

Not when it's 3 months out of date

They get the usual quotes in it from people on lower earning jobs wishing drivers were paid less instead of themselves worth more. I wonder how many of the rent a quote mob actually know what being a driver entails ?

Sit on their lap

And all those possibly delayed because people can't turn up on time don't count ?

What happens if you get out and leave the station and for some reason the train departs early and without you ?

I noticed that last month on various journeys, loads of building work at stations making them hard to get through, I'm disabled. The trains were just as bad, lots of delays and over crowding even in 1st class as I had a 1st class Interrail. Even on the journey back to Brussels from Koln there...

Is ticket assistance someone standing around ? Looks like GTR, even Victoria and Brighton going that way, madness

Or someone went sick and someone forgot to cover that train , happens too

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But you had somebody on board the train which is my point, why wasn't he contacted or did he contact him. For all they knew he could have been sat with the guard having a chat and forgot the time which has happened many a time there. You had a second safety critical trained person on the train...