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    Trains skipping stations when they are less than 5 minutes late

    SWR have a T-3/15 or time to 3 policy whatever they call it. If a train is approaching 3-5mins late they will alter it to try and recover. Can happen quite often on the Windsor side sometimes with random stops being missed out. Seems to be mainly suburban services which are altered
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    TPE Travel Irregularity Report

    You’re best definitely informing your union rep / Manager asap and explain what’s happened as you are responsible for everyone who uses your facilities. One thing I will say is the RST website is awful and I’ve nearly been caught out by it too and seems so buggy.
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    Onboard staff adding a comment to a digital ticket

    There are several. Accept Accept with warning Reject Reject penalty fare issued Reject New ticket sold Excessed There are more but can’t remember off the top of my head. Then you can accept/reject/no clip and then manually add comments. If I’ve ever had to add comments it’s normally to...
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    ASLEF strike 1st Sept and alternative transport

    One of my friends was once told by a TOC during a strike when he tried going down the PRO route was that because they allow tickets to be used on days earlier / later they are fulfilling their rights under the ‘earliest opportunity’ and refused to reimburse a hotel at Gatwick after they...
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    Liverpool to Birmingham

    12 cars can be UDS down to 4 car if needed. Just operate the deselect switch from the 5th cab.
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    Avanti reintroduce slip coaches?

    I saw it at Stafford this morning with the leading coach locked out. More than likely a door fault that resulted in the coach having to be locked out of use.
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    Doors failed to open at Waterloo (1A20)

    As it has been said. You do not tell people to use the green egress handles to open doors unless it’s an emergency. There is a risk that a passenger may open the wrong side. Now it may seem unlikely however it has happened in the past. Wrong side releases have occurred also and passengers have...
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    WMT trainee salary info

    Thank you for that!
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    WMT trainee salary info

    Afternoon, Does anyone know the pay cycle for LNR. I understand it’s 4 weekly just trying to work out when the next payday is and future dates. Thanks
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    Penalty fares vs prosecution

    In a nutshell Penalty fares are mainly there for those who make an honest mistake. Example: Not buying a ticket before you board due to time constraints, lost ticket, forgot railcard etc etc.. Prosecution should be there for those who deliberately avoid to pay the fare. Or who have already...
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    Flybe 2.0 has gone into administration

    Source: Flybe Twitter Sad to report that Flybe has gone bust again. All flights cancelled and passengers advised not to go to the airport. Such a shame as I found them pretty decent this time round with such a good bunch of crew! Thoughts are with the staff.
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    Details taken - bike on peak train. Tfl. Updated: now recieved letter

    Whilst you may have breached the ‘condition of carriage’ I am not sure byelaw 2 will apply. I wouldn’t call a bike a dangerous item? If it were me in this situation I’d just explain what happened and the mitigating circumstances (strike reasons).
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    Train faults that can cancel a service but still allow affected rolling stock to move

    Nope. There’s no requirement to have a working toilet. It’s down to how you manage it customer service wise. (For example, extended dwell times at stations with facilities)
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    Incident on 20:27 Lumo train 28th December

    I like the honesty from the Driver.. fair play to them for not leaving them with the platform staff either. Sounds like it was handled well!
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    Class 701 'Aventra' trains for South Western Railway

    It will be CD/RA at Waterloo and Reading only. RO2s will only dispatch during degraded working. They will still be at platforms using PA and ensuring the safety of the platform / PTI. But it is correct they won’t be part of the dispatch of 701s
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    Steam Dreams: the Sunset steam express 10/5/2022

    Remember this is West Coast Railways were talking about . It was indeed a spad at Virginia Water on the down Chertsey. The signal the SPAD occurred is the new starting signal on Platform 4.
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    SWR £99 charge for no rail card (phone died), no previous letters

    You are best paying what’s requested asap before it gets escalated further. I think it’s more of a learning curve here more than anything. You do need to ensure you have sufficient battery on your phone at all times when travelling to show the railcard when requested. You misplacing the...
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    Class 701 'Aventra' trains for South Western Railway

    What would you rather? Unions to just accept the trains with these issues potentially compromising safety? The good thing about the reps at SWR us they care and have highlighted many issues. Having been in the cab myself the issues that have arose shouldn’t be there. Comparing it to a 345 cab...
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    How do Northern's CAF units know which side the platform is on?

    All this just to tell you what side the doors are opening on. Is this system really needed?
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    Class 442s - Now at the end of the road and to be withdrawn permanently

    Low power mode seems to be in place on a few stretches of the Pompey direct too which is causing a few issues for 442s

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