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I’ve been told the drivers training package has been agreed between the TOC and ASLEF (no word on RMT) but training can’t / won’t begin until July. If this is true then at least ASLEF are now reasonably satisfied.

From what I saw, Network Rail did challenge the need for trains to stop running, and were told by the Fire Brigade that the trains could still possibly cause sparks that would ignite the gas, even though the trains are diesel powered.

You may well be right. Like I say, I was only speculating after things I’d read / been told. We shall see.

Not strictly true. SWR insisted that metro guards would have no involvement in despatch at all when the dispute ended, RMT have agreed to some degraded despatch during the soft launch, but if the grade are expected to fulfil degraded despatch on a permanent basis, as well as close the doors in...

There was 2 trees down within 5 minutes of each other. One blocked both down lines at Woking, and the other both down lines at Weybridge. The fact both trees were close to each other probably worked against NR rather than to their benefit.

I would imagine it would allow more turbos on Devon metro which would be ideal as that kind of work is their bread and butter.

Looking at next week on RTT the 2U9x circuit appears to have disappeared so it would appear to be from next week.

I’m led to believe that soon the “soft launch” diagram will be replaced with 3 am peak round trips, one of them being the 0753 off of Windsor ER. A step in the right direction, even if it’s a small one.

My understanding is that it was an item designed to cause distress placed onto a train, once BTP attended they then requested specialist officers who then deemed it a hoax.

Hi all, Just wondering whether anyone could expand on why other operators never adopted the manual selective door operation (MSDO) on the sprinter fleet in the same way that SWT did with their 158/159 units. Surely the benefits could have been huge?

Are they removing both Winchester and Basingstoke, or just Winchester? I can understand Winchester but Basingstoke seems like an odd decision due to the line speed, and the various connections provided from SWR services from Portsmouth/Fareham and Salisbury - Basingstoke via Andover

I thought GTRs safety case only permitted 100mph anyway?

It could be both, it was damaged due to flooding, and so parts have been borrowed off it.

I don’t know I’m afraid, like I said earlier it could just be paperwork that’s yet to be filed, or the works could have affected their kinetic envelope or it could be a mixture of the two.

The 458/4s will only go on a series of set diagrams on Weybridge and Windsor services, they won’t be able to do mainline suburban or Readings from what I understand.

Not off the top of my head I’m afraid, but it’s Woking - Waterloo area.

I’ve tried to be fair and balanced, but even I’ve got to question how WMR can get gangway cab units of the same family into service quicker than SWR. If it was software then surely the 730s wouldn’t have entered service, WMR have managed to get cabs that a probably significantly less ergonomic...

I’m hearing that the 458/4s now have a whole range of route and gauge restrictions and must only go on the dedicated diagrams that will be created for them. I don’t know if it’s just a paperwork exercise or whether something substantial has changed with the physics of the units. It would explain...

The traction and route guide in the job forum says for certain, but off the top of my head it’s most at Waterloo, all at Wimbledon, Farnham, Strawberry hill, Staines, possibly Feltham and probably Woking.

I’m sure you’ll agree there are various levels of cleanliness. the usual clean would probably be a wipe down and a periodical steam clean, however a deep clean would be to remove ingrained dirt and grime by removing various panels etc. I’ve not heard of crew refusing a train due to grime in...