What do Periodic Operating Notices (PONs) contain?

380101 said:

Yes. Although NR seem pretty ambivalent about reports from drivers in our area about missing/faulty equipment. Approx. 11 AWS magnets on just one of our routes have been reported on a daily basis by most drivers for almost 18months now for giving a horn instead of a bell at green signals and they fail to fix them!

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Assuming you work in Scotland Route I can assure you that eleven RT3185 forms for AWS Code 2 faults are not being received at Control every day. Have you escalated this through your DTM and Ops Standards?

Highlandspring said:

Assuming you work in Scotland Route I can assure you that eleven RT3185 forms for AWS Code 2 faults are not being received at Control every day. Have you escalated this through your DTM and Ops Standards?

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Its been escalated all the way to the top man. I assume that if you're not getting the forms through now drivers must have indeed lost faith in NR and their ability to get things fixed in a timely manner and now think NR are ignoring our concerns. We used to get replies to our 3185 forms, but not had a reply for almost 2 years now. The stock response from the signallers is usually "Aye son, we know about it. Been reported for a while now". Even they seem to be getting fed up receiving reports of the same faults over and over.

380101 said:

Yes. Although NR seem pretty ambivalent about reports from drivers in our area about missing/faulty equipment. Approx. 11 AWS magnets on just one of our routes have been reported on a daily basis by most drivers for almost 18months now for giving a horn instead of a bell at green signals and they fail to fix them! It doesn't inspire drivers to report things when they get ignored. This lack of action makes drivers lose faith in the system and cease reporting minor faults as they believe they are being ignored.

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In our area, an AWS magnet fault (When reported by the Driver) is faulted, the next train is also spoken to just to double check it's not a train fault, which is quite common, the S&T turn up and depending on severity of the problem, fixed within 2 or 3 hours, 24 at the most if parts are needed that they don't have locally.
Looking now we have no AWS faults at all M. Tey to Norwich/Bury/Harwich/Felixstowe/Clacton, although we do have one TPWS fault, but does not affect services.

If a TSR is moved, and it's wrong, it is then faulted when the driver tells the Signaller, a caution imposed until it is rectified, only board missing we don't caution for, is the 'T' board

swills said:

If a TSR is not in the WON, the report it as it will need to be an ESR if a TSR is extended beyond the published date, then it becomes an ESR with the associated boards (or caution)

As for the WON being a good guide to possessions and their limits....."could do better"

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That's because I'm not there checking them and pestering you on the phone anymore!