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No reason they cannot allow a connection from the bus to the Central line between Marble Arch and Holborn, and vice versa, to be free on the tube leg, if the will is there. Paris is simplifying its fare structure in the conurbation from 1st Jan, and offering free interchanges between rail and...

Correct there is a known issue with overloaded 458s so Rugby days are not going to work out well. 8423 will be out for a while with a long list of pending works AIUI.

Just the one a day normally as they need to be kept to a minimum due to gauging issues in the loop platform, so they must terminate and restart on the up/down lines, which can hold up Southern services and affect available paths.

If this were only one individual then it doesn't really surprise me. The industry is full of dead wood in certain places. But multiple staff in the same team is absolutely atrocious.

In this specific case had TIS been operated then it would have been everybody off, if necessary via local door. You would not risk someone falling out the doors which may open mid-journey without the crew knowing when you're already at a major station like Wimbledon. In such considerations...

This is a perfect example of how a false destination ends up misleading an occasional user of the railway with horrific consequences. Some parts of the industry are terribly disjointed and information provision, so crucial to anyone less than proficient with the operational and revenue side of...

I won't profess to know exactly what went on however if they did not have an inkline what was causing the traction issue, the safest resolution once it regained traction following a reboot is to run it to the destination. The risk with reopening the doors (assuming train had not yet moved from...

Correct answer. 2tph via Twickenham was already implemented on RMT strike days prior to Feltham box closing this past weekend. Twickenham was always the "higher priority" route to operate where possible compared to Hounslow, but the latter should not really be abandoned especially if Brentford...

Did you say this was all on 22nd? The 1320 appears cancelled due to an error by infrastructure maintenance staff. However it is curious that the 1330 only arrived at 1338, then waited at St John's Road to form the next departure (as the 1406 indeed only goes as far as Esplanade). I think I know...

18+19 followed next by 20+21 then 15+16 as currently planned.

I do recall one particular forum staff jolly not long before the pandemic being conveyed on a pair of 377/6s on a Brighton - Victoria run via Littlehampton due to weekend possessions on the BML.

That is probably one of the least appreciated aspects for many new drivers, many of whom tie themselves into a bit of a knot when a mistake happens. Better to accept that you will make mistakes from the start as no one is perfect, then you won't start panicking if it does happen. Most...

701 GOPs are not equipped with door open buttons, so door release has to be done by driver. Dispatch only by guard. The timetable pre-2020 was simply unworkable without the additional technology as the network did not have sufficient capacity to accommodate the number of services at the time...

Tramlink is ridiculously unreliable at the moment, and of the 8 running cards on the Addington route, there are regularly only 6 trams in service, and there is no hint as to when the tram availability issue will ease. They should just introduce a six-tram emergency timetable on this route...

I posted about the usage statement issue last week, but no one seems to know what's causing it. TfL also say they know of no fix at the moment. Oyster app I find OK, but the speed of update is definitely slower in more recent times, often not until end of day, compared to even a year ago, when...

They are zonal add-on fares, which is a lot less than a Tube paper single. U-zone fares are also Railcard-discountable.

Does anyone know what the "issue" is with monthly Oyster usage statements. They are frequently missing. Quoting a Customer Services reply from a few months ago, "there has been an issue identified, which there isn't a fix for at this time, but they are working on it" The suggested workaround is...

Lost customer hours becomes far less meaningful a metric outside metro operations. On a metro operation the emphasis would be on headway, which is completely different when services are 30 minutes or more apart.

Unfortunately even for causes deemed to be outside the control of the industry, anything falling under the "TOC responsible" umbrella (eg. vandalism, police attendance on train, etc) rather than the "NR responsible" umbrella (eg. trespass, level crossing misuse, etc) will still see the operator...

Broadly I agree with your interpretation on a technicality. There is nothing I can see explicit barring what the OP wanted to do. That said, I am also in agreement with Haywain that it is not a sensible (even bordering on the perverse) interpretation of the rules. I would almost go so far as to...