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    Trivia: Things that are used on the railway that have found their way to other completely unrelated industries.

    Simon Bradley, in his book The Railways (2015) describes how from 1849, to encourage nervous passengers to use the trains, it was possible to buy an insurance policy 'ticket' alongside the travel ticket, which would pay out in the event of death or injury during the journey. This 'Railway...
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    Increase in Graffiti on the network

    Definitely an increase in graffiti on the outside of both Thameslink and South Eastern trains in North Kent and Medway over the last couple of months.
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    Differences in style/leadership/etc between the RMT and ASLEF

    The great E.P Thompson in his ground breaking work of social and cultural history of 1963, The Making of the English Working Class, defined class thus: 'Class happens when some men, as a result of common experiences (inherited or shared), feel and articulate the identity of their interests as...
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    Differences in style/leadership/etc between the RMT and ASLEF

    What do you propose happens if the 50% threshold is not achieved?
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    How do TfL inspectors decide if they should seek prosecution or a penalty fare?

    For my TOC, A Penalty Fare could be charged if the passenger, having undertaken a rail journey without a valid ticket for that trip, had sufficient money to pay there and then at least the single fare for their journey. A report for possible prosecution for fare evasion under the Regulation of...
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    Revenue targets for staff

    This is getting to what I'm trying to find out.You say the unions got involved so they dropped the targets.So is it that discretion maybe compromised if targets are set?Is it anywhere stated in any legislation or codes of conduct that targets can or cannot be set?
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    Revenue targets for staff

    Thanks for replying.It's a general question really.As you say there doesn't seem to be anything written down about it,I've looked everywhere. Interesting that the third party contractors are rumoured to be incentivised,but not the staff.
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    Revenue targets for staff

    I have a question: Can management legally set targets for revenue protection staff to achieve in the amount of Penalty Fares, MG11s and Bye Law reports they issue?
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    Southeastern - Advice please

    Ah jumped the barrier.OK.there is a desk on the right at St Pancras High Speed before the barriers where you could have offered to pay the fare.Sounds like you've been reported under the Regulation of Railways Act
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    Southeastern - Advice please

    As you signed the officer's notebook,this suggests you were interviewed for an MG11 or Byelaw offence A Penalty Fare would have been issued via tablet Did you have the means to pay for your journey? Were you cautioned?
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    A "who you know" industry?

    I knew no one,no family connections and I managed to secure a rail job.:)
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    Incident I witnessesed yesterday evening

    Yes, The On Board Managers on HS1 have a Penalty Fare license

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