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GODWIN. After the tragedy started, good people - including the spectators, emergency services and stewards did not abandon the post. The initial cause and initial police reaction was disgraceful. My point is that a crowd is dangerous to itself - as per Bethnal Green, my other example - not...

So, large crowds are responsible for their own safety? Bethnal Green, Hillsborough ring any bells? Great for able bodied and tougher folks. Duty of care extends to more than staff.. I have been saying this consistently throughout. Does stopping trains magically result in platforms emptying and...

I would like that - just hard to expect it to happen..

The analogy with airline works for me. There is no reason an individual cannot find himself liable for railway disruption costs - if disruption is proportionate to the action. I just don't know how serious the incident was.. witness info seems limited. What we know is that it's a powderkeg...

Or 3rd party security staff. I have seen TfW providing two security staff on Friday night trains to Pembroke Dock .. but NT/NR/Tpe provide nothing at Vic? Seriously, can that be the case???

They do have that option - it is called BTP. If the BTP should have attended but did not, they have to answer for it. If the incident(s) was not serious enough for BTP, what should have been done instead?

I don't write the job description nor do I recruit and test for ability to manage platform customer train relationship.. but in answer to your question - if air crew has verbal abuse from a passenger, they should walk off the job? Does this also apply during an emergency landing? Of course not...

Sigh.. isn't that part of what the job of the railway is? I don't say it is the responsibility of the dispatch team specifically, but the railway must provide appropriate information and support on the platform. If dispatch team down tools, it worsens the status: more passengers and more...

I did almost exactly this (from Belfast) this summer - with bicycle. The bus service to Ayr does not accept bikes, so a 5 mile ride to Stranraer was our only option at the UK end. The grip on the train accepted the tickets - not sure if he should as technically they're valid from Ayr on the...

If 1-12 are fully occupied - and the number of double occupied platforms in the peak suggests that too, there is another option.. Platform 0. Look at the Google satellite map, adjacent to platform 1 is network rail parking lot for its own vehicles. Is this the best use of capacity? Create a...

To be fair, the Hitachi 80x are not breaking good records at this point - are 91s currently doing better in MTIN numbers? When I looked last month, Roger Ford was showing them Hitachis as roughly level pegging with 142s for miles between incidents. When you turn realize the average speed of a...

Cambridge - that is a long walk from city centre. Also, London Paddington - isn't "London" east of City of Westminster - what we call London isn't London. That's 5 miles.. I presume the criteria is that there is no nearer station (eg. To disqualify Bristol parkway and other further out...

Malton - Pickering? Alan Williams could get out more - and write about places further afield! Hadfield - Penistone (call it HS3, reopen rest of GC call that HS2, perfect) Thornhill - Low Moor Oh, and in Manchester Pic area .. Open platform 0 - have you noticed the spare terminal platform with...

Hmm, but service running through London is reduced - and full service pushed out - so there must still be spare stock?

FYI The website has a new annual report on it this week, dated 24 Oct and then a blog by the new rolling stock head. https://eastwestrail.co.uk/latest-news To be honest, I am not convinced of the need to acquire (put out to tender) rolling stock so early, it just makes the cost upfront higher...

Interesting if you go to national rail app.. The morning train can get you to Belfast same day, so it offers £56 single. The evening departure from Euston can't make it In one day, so a return is offered: the open return has a 5-day outward validity not 1. As this adds to £112, that isn't a...

No break of journey permitted, except to change trains: http://www.brfares.com/#!fares?orig=EUS&dest=BFA I don't know how that would work given you arrive in Glasgow after the last train/bus to Cairnryan. You may be required to travel on the first Ayr train in the morning, assuming national...

St Pancras Eurostar -- the platform to train height is both nuts - and yet some sort of standard.. A dedicated rolling stock and platform situation, in a world where PRM compliance is heavily regulated, and the number of people with difficulties in mobility is growing, or people with luggage...

Do RMT pay strike pay? This is a real hard time of the year for their members if not.. how many could seriously survive Christmas without almost all their pay..? Or, will they be signing up for Uber en masse or some other gig-economy jobs to pay their way?

Cleckheaton and Liversedge to Thornhill. This was still running freight until 1980s, a lot of track was in situ in the 90s. Then maybe another 2 miles of longer abandoned p-way through to Low Moor (for onwards to Bradford) Anyone trying to drive in the area will appreciate any fix for the...