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    Non-TOC staff doing ticket checks at station without ticket barriers.

    Fratton was 'fun' the first day they were there. They closed one end of one of the bridges at a point where it wasn't visible from the platform. So it was: Get ticket checked going on to Old Bridge Walk up and across Old Bridge Find access to other platform blocked by steel roller-shutter Walk...
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    Non-TOC staff doing ticket checks at station without ticket barriers.

    I have encountered this on SWR. I'm afraid that I allowed my bad mood (horrible meeting awaiting me in the office) to get the better of me and I snapped at the lady concerned as she tried to stop me entering the station to get to the Ticket machine. (Sorry if that was you - I'm normally civil...
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    Brexit related rail disruption

    It happened into the late 80s. I remember one clearly as a viable device was placed on the SW Main Line close to the MOD establishment I was working at. No damage was done but I can't remember if that was because went off but the device or placement wasn't suited to the task or because it didn't...
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    TRIVIA - Things you saw travelling on BR that you don't see today

    Or, in the case of (the busy commuter station of) West Byfleet, TWO (Ladies and Gents) disabled toilets accessible only with a RADAR key, available when the station is staffed only. THAT station renovation was a real corker, with on-platform shelter (on an elevated station) effectively removed...
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    SWR install barriers at Portsmouth Harbour despite Wightlink protests

    Ticketless or people with tickets waiting to have them checked? By your count I am a serial fare evader, likely to be caught up in a queue to have my ticket checked several times a month. (ps. user of Cosham Station here, so doubly damned)
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    SWR install barriers at Portsmouth Harbour despite Wightlink protests

    The Fratton one is going to be fun, given that the new bridge exits on to Plat 1 at a pinch point created by the vending machines and the two bridges together have problems coping when two trains arrive at Plat 2 and 3. Plus it looks like the toilets, like the shop, will be on the 'public' side...
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    Bushey Trap and Drag: Questions for Traincrew and Dispatchers.

    Thanks - I'm doing this whilst packing for tomorrow (off to EMFCamp) so things are a bit jumbled. And thanks for the responses so far.
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    Bushey Trap and Drag: Questions for Traincrew and Dispatchers.

    I'm starting a new thread so as not to distract from any discussion on how to PREVENT a similar problem on this thread on the Trap and Drag incident at Bushey. After reading that report four questions, primarily aimed at Traincrew, Dispatch Staff and maybe others in the rail industry, came into...
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    Train collides with van on level crossing at Teynham, Kent, 23/10

    And that is one of the key points the RAIB make. The driver was conditioned by the Level Crossings he used every day on the normal roads to expect the barriers to stop him from crossing when it was unsafe and allow him to proceed when it was safe to do so. With a POGO this is not true. At this...
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    Train collides with van on level crossing at Teynham, Kent, 23/10

    I'm not an expert on railways, Level Crossings, the relevant law, relevant Human factors etc. so I am going to pass on most of that, except to suggest that maybe, just maybe, implementing the changes that are in the pipeline and those suggested by the RAIB would be at least a start. If...
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    Train collides with van on level crossing at Teynham, Kent, 23/10

    Which the RAIB describe in the report as impractical in the modern world.
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    Train collides with van on level crossing at Teynham, Kent, 23/10

    The net cost to the the railway / Network Rail. The net cost, in money and other less tangible costs, to the locality and the proprietors of the closure of a viable farming business[1], and at least one other business, plus a number of people being moved out of their homes, is not neutral. I...
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    RAIB report on near miss with trackworkers October 2017

    From that, the last person was clear with a margin of 0.14 seconds. That's not a close call - that's the laws of random falling on the side of the angels for once. The Driver-Signaller traffic is instructive.
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    BBC: Chris Grayling suggests future rail industry wage rises should be linked to lower CPI, not RPI

    Same situation. To the extent that last week my union announced a challenge in the courts. And that's without factoring in the fact that MOD scientists get paid around 10% less for the same or equivalent roles than the rest of the Civil Service.
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    Which Magazine: rail "second least-trusted consumer industry"

    I asked myself "do I trust 'The Railways'"? And the answer is 'generally yes' but I distrust the fares system, some of the ticketing machinery, a specific small minority of staff whose attitude and behaviour I have encountered and the people at the top of franchises. Thinking generally. part of...
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    Royal Mail Post by Train

    I had the same reaction and have tweeted to Public Service Broadcasting suggesting that they might like to improve upon the soundtrack. For those that are unsure of the reason why: (and many other tracks of widely varying nature)
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    How will GTR cope with Brighton Pride crowds?

    1. The event happens. 2. Depending where you are in the organisation, you are able to influence the WAY it happens. 3. There is great satisfaction in doing a job, usually significantly outside your normal experience, well. 4. It's a great social activity, often central to the sub-group of...
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    How will GTR cope with Brighton Pride crowds?

    As someone who has worked as a volunteer on Site Services for moderately large Boating Festivals (with a large land site) I can say that what you describe is perfectly possible with volunteers. Some things have to be done differently from the way paid staff would do them but it was always well...
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    RAIB report on near miss with trackworkers October 2017

    1 Second is a terrifyingly thin margin.
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    How will GTR cope with Brighton Pride crowds?

    An alternative view is that people from my employer go to be Proud. In 1986, when I started as an MOD Scientist, being LGBT lost you the job - Security Clearance is required. Today we have very many openly LGBT staff, including some very senior ones. If you transition both the HR and Security...

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