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You're not on about the Torygraph or the Daily Fail are you?

Neither politicians or council leaders are worth the money that they're paid.

Until recently we had one driver still working at 67. All I want to do is retire at 60 if Brass II allows it, otherwise 62, so I can enjoy my twilight years! I've had enough of doing suburban work now and as I get older I find that I hate really early turns, I like the mid morning ones or social...

Green eyed monster...

Nothing like bigging yourself up is there. Just because you have a degree doesn't entitle you to begrudge those who don't have one of getting good money, which seems to be a common trait of those who do. I've worked for ~99.5% on the railway network at various locations and I've had to work...

I know of people who have degrees in multiple disciplines, passed the tests for entry into the driving grade and yet when it came to the crunch, they thought they knew better and made the fundamental error of arguing with an examiner and failed their exams and were shown the door. Just because...

I think it is fair because our rather shortsighted government put the stop on a through linkage from (what I personally think is a white elephant) HS2 to HS1, which would have provided the ability to run from anywhere on the EU mainland which is able to provide trains that can run on the LGV...

Oh get a hint of jealousy? It should be pointed out that drivers are constantly monitored by management via random OTMR downloads, unannounced cab rides, secret rides either in the train or back cab, then there's the bi-annual rules exams, simulator day, so drivers are probably even more...

Don't I know it. :rolleyes:

Simple solution. Charge them a 25% supplement or ~£6 fare per journey like NS do. Whichever is the greater.

Seen the aftermath of numerous suicides and attempts to do it, I've had one myself, if I have to pass it to clear the line, then I just look away, but generally I just see the body as a largeish piece of meat, I've become a bit hardened to it now. The only one I can have empathy for is one of...

The Japanese love to invest in transport and make things futureproof, they're not as myopic and naive as the British who only think of themselves and for the short term. That's why the Japanese have got a better rail network than what we have.

I thought it was on about the clandestine name given to people on a 390 going to London. ;)

I don't know how many times it has to be reiterated that every member of staff has the absolute right to their days off from work without prejudice and no one has to work overtime either as that's precisely what it is. The only time they're obliged to work over time is if the train is stuck in...

So we won't mention the doubling up of the shoe fuses and the scraping of the top of the juice rail with a paddle whilst it was still live then. There were all sorts of things done that would make HSE have a nervous breakdown. 444/450's are a RPITA in snow as the TMS keeps throwing up...

Would also involve a lot of training of FR crews & retraining of GF crews. The lower gearing may suit the gradients, but far from ideal for any form of fast running,not that there's going to be much of that in the future.

Which shouldn't be allowed to happen as large number of them carry nothing but air.

It would also be ideal for us to have the bridge reinstated as it would provide a bit more flexibility for SWR too, perhaps SWR/NR/London Overground/LUL could split the cost of replacing the bridge & track 4 ways as in the longer term it would be to everyone's benefit.

As I'm DC land too, I know the score just like you.

What sometimes happens is a train is put in the single track 6/7 at Guildford which has platforms both sides and occasionally a guard opens the doors on platform 7 side, which for some reason is a no no, there's no safety implications to it, it's a perfectly good serviceable/usable platform with...