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Well, it is possible to have more than one station on your GTR license as long as you dispatch there regularly enough, at least once every 28 days, but generally people don't have time enough to cover any shifts away from their home location unless they put in some rest days, for which their...

Hello, Resident Southern staff at East Croydon generally only hold dispatch competency for that location - it is one of the most complex dispatch plans imaginable to remember due to the curves and varying train lengths along with such a high intensity service frequency. Also, some of the East...

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I wouldn't claim to know for certain but there is a need for some booked split and attach to maintain station staff competency at various locations - there used to be a 455/8 that always split on VIC platform 10 before forming the 14:00 Epsom Downs (I think) service exactly because of that in...

On my Mini Marauder tour today and I got 5834&5836 on 2H38 CYP-SBM , 5844&5808 on 2J39 SBM-SRC , 5833&5822 on 2B76/2B87 SRC-EPD-WSW, 2xUnknown on 2B02 WSW-SRC, 5802&5845 on 2J48 SRC-TUH, 5811&5840 on 2H49/2H54 TUH-BKJ-CYP. Not a bad day out :lol:

For any night owls around London, there is a planned 12 car 455 ECS move from VIC to Stewart's Lane on Saturday night / Sunday morning - 5B52 booked to leave at 01:54 (but it is ECS so could possibly run earlier). Formed of three different ECS inwards after the 455 passenger workings finish...

'Due to driver shortage' :lol: A couple of uncovered turns and a lack of space in Stewart's Lane (any excuse, basically!) From a very reliable internal source who shall not be named for the Thursday 12th evening special workings: 2H54 18.15 Beckenham Jnc to London Bridge 8 455 On arrival to...

The totem murals you refer to in South London are the work of Lionel Stanhope, they are very popular in the local communities and I am very pleased to have been involved to a varying extent in the relatively recent projects that have seen some really nice examples of them painted at Tulse Hill...

Internal sources, reliable at both high and low level, although admittedly with no documentary evidence to present so far for verification (I couldn't share anything internal with an external audience anyway). I do expect something to creep out into the public domain fairly soon though ;)

Southern will be retiring the class 455/8 fleet from the May timetable change, with 377's taking over the Metro duties. Opening a thread for any thoughts and discussion about this. The floor is yours.

From London Bridge along the Sydenham corridor, yes. However, the 'normal timetable' Cat-only services via Peckham Rye and Tulse Hill are usually 8-car 455's, so those stations on that route currently have trains with more capacity at the moment than pre-Covid. (Even though the platforms along...

If, as expected, these extras are to run on the fast lines through Balham (I haven't seen the full plan yet), there is no step-free access to/from platforms 3&4 there - so the Streatham Common stop allows a potential step-free interchange option for wheelchair users etc. travelling from VIC or...

Railway Family at it's finest... doesn't matter what colour your jacket or lanyard, we're all in it together, and when the brown stuff hits the fan we all roll our sleeves up and do what needs to be done. Glad that it seems no-one was seriously injured, and hopeful that anyone with any...

Oh, yes, I totally agree about any proximity being a risk - it's just all relative. Being in a ROC compared to being on a Gateline or Platform would be a much more secure environment with less 'relevant risk'. I tempered my post a lot but on re-reading it it sounds more argumentative than I...

Wow. I rarely post on here but can't let this go unchallenged as it makes my blood boil. So you sit in a ROC with 14 other people for 12 hours a day and expect a pay rise? Really? Good on you for working so much. I'm sure you worked hard enough to earn yourself a new computer keyboard and...

Hello Everyone, If you are in the industry and/or have had any experience of intervention with someone who may or my not have been suicidal, then I would ask you to please take part in this research if you can. I had the honour of a face-to-face follow-up interview with Dafni today and she is...

In the mid-to-late 1990's I watched a Class 158 cross the Cob on the way into Porthmadog ...

Did anyone go through Peckham Rye this evening? :lol: :lol:

Hello, I'm a rare poster here but thought I'd offer some recent news... In fact, apparently so - revenue blocks do occur in South London, such as Peckham Rye on 2nd May 2019: 14 Penalty Fares issued 60 Passengers reported for prosecution 2 arrests for people wanted on warrant It wasn't a...

Oh yes indeed... It is far from stress free, but that stress can be off-set by the right mental approach! The job will involve standing out in the wind rain and snow, and getting passengers take their grief out on you... but ultimately there are some lovely people to meet during the shifts, and...