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    Call for improvements to Southeastern metro

    Deptford was the terminus of the first passenger railway in London. I wonder if any of it is listed?
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    LNWR service from Liverpool to Birmingham and London.

    Sorry to drag these quotes up from Saturday. The above quotes make me wonder why anyone would choose to go from Liverpool to Euston via Birmingham when they could change at Stafford... especially in the days before there was a cheap through train. Have you not been reading the news? The...
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    Call for improvements to Southeastern metro

    There is some stabling space for 12 car trains but nowhere near enough. Grove Park takes 12 in every road. Orpington takes 12 in all bays and the sidings but is used to keep quite a few 8 car 700s in. Only takes 10, and it's very tight. Desperately needs units with SDO. Cannon Street and...
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    East Midlands railway

    I know a bloke who went there. Earliest start about 0430, latest finish just the right side of midnight I believe. They do Nottingham, Sheffield, Corby, Derby etc. HSTs and meridians. Electric work coming soon. He likes it.
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    WMR/LNWR Staff shortages

    This is an observation on the issue in general. I don't know the specific circumstances of the WMT staff shortages... Staffing levels and rosters across the industry should be robust enough to cover all annual leave and a reasonable amount of sickness and other absence (training, union release...
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    LU Night Tube Train Operator - Part Time

    As I understand it, once the sub-surface lines have gone fully ATO it is planned to restructure the train operator grade with differentiation between "Train Operator" and "Automatic Train Operator" in a fashion similar to that used in the stations restructuring. If memory serves, the reason...
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    TfL staff nominee pass validity and potential for confusion

    For what it's worth, I think there is a big difference between someone asking a guard if they can get on their train for the odd leisure journey and someone knowingly misusing their travel facilities on a daily commute and trying to avoid detection. Can you please elaborate on what you mean by...
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    TfL staff nominee pass validity and potential for confusion

    Ok, it looks like I'm going to have to spell this out... I understand what the rules are. I also am aware that there is an unspoken and unofficial understanding between railway staff. In my experience most railway staff will permit other railway staff to use their travel facilities where they...
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    TfL staff nominee pass validity and potential for confusion

    I have to agree that the T&Cs of a TFL staff pass are pretty straightforward and not confusing at all. Valid on all TFL services and very little else. I remember once travelling from Norwood Junction to Honor Oak Park with a friend who had a TFL nominee pass from her husband. She could get the...
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    Underground CSA full time

    29+8=37 If annual leave was 37 days plus another 8 for bank holidays then the total would be 45, but it's not. Don't get het up about annual leave bank holidays anyway as on the railway you'll find yourself working most of them.
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    LU Night Tube Train Operator - Part Time

    I'll rephrase it for you... If you want the LU train operator job, get a different job with TFL and then apply internally like everyone else. Simple.
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    LU Night Tube Train Operator - Part Time

    If you want the job, jump through the hoops. Simple.
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    Second rejection by Northern

    What a lot of people do with CVs and cover letters is just type a load of buzzwords related to the job at the bottom of the page and then change the colour of the text to white so anyone reading it can't see them but a computerised sift will pick them up and it will pass. Apparently this...
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    Which train has the worst first class?

    People with screaming children are fully entitled to buy first class tickets too. Being in first class does not entitle anyone to not have to put up with fellow passengers. Personally I have no problem with children being children, I find selfish a***holes speaking loudly on mobile phones or...
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    Blaenau Ffestiniog partial tunnel collapse (24/10)

    Apparently the single line has been closed due to a "partial tunnel collapse". Don't know any more details but it doesn't sound good.
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    Does the RAIB have any ability to force changes?

    Excellent. I wonder when we will see the 13.5 second 8 car DOO train safety check implemented on GTR following on from the dragged dog at Elstree...
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    Jubilee Line at 40, RailTours

    £90 for a one way trip on a normal tube train. Anyone prepared to pay that is welcome to it!
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    Does the RAIB have any ability to force changes?

    Have the issues that caused the doors to slam shut extra quick on networkers while sounding no hustle alarm been fixed yet?
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    TfW fares Cardiff to English stations

    I haven't been able to find them! NRE is only giving me the standard single and return fares.
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    Heathrow Express Slashes Fares

    HeX is a two-bob TOC that has been ripping people off for years. Even their drivers only went there to get their key and then legged it as soon as they could. No sympathy whatsoever for them.

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