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Sorry, NR. I'm an old timer! Born and bred in Railtrack days!

I'll back that up 100%. Most of the delays these days is down to Railtrack jurisdiction, be it signal failures or cable thefts.

I don't know the exact details but we're contractually bound with TfGM to provide a service at those stops for a minimum amount of times per week. Don't know the figures though

Thanks for that, paul. I must admit that when I'm on ANY shift and running this road, I very rarely see anybody alighting or boarding.

Nobody knows what's relevant to this tragic situation.

It was drilled into me never to leave the controls and to keep your hand on them until you could no longer see the platform. And all of my collegues still carry this out.

I like the avatar! Very cryptic!

You really must question the mentality of people when they do that. And that is sound advice you give :-)

If the guard followed his procedures to the letter then he should be ok. Having said that, if there are dispatch staff present then they are more culpable if tragic situations like this occur, especially if the RA procedure is in place for train dispatching at the station. I don't know anything...

Can't speak for virgin train staff but I know all my Northern collegues would OK your route VIA Wigan so make sure you get a Northern Service from preston ( Blackpool to Liverpool Lime Street) to Wigan NW and then get a Southport Train from Wigan Wallgate. When I guarded on the Southport -...

Don't worry about it. I find myself in that situation plenty of times :-)

That's my point. You don't know who's house you're in and some people in todays society would knife you for much less, believe me. So don't go burglaring or getting that drunk you don't know what you're doing. Seems clear cut advice to me

Yeah, but because it's less stressful there is a lot less for the brain to deal with and from a psychological perspective, the brain can get more complacent and therefore the concentration can wane and tiredness to creep in. But, that's my opinion; I'm not going to argue with professionals :-)

I was just thinking on the advice car drivers get given to them. I know after a spell of night driving on the mortorway, my concentration can start to wane at times.

Have I ever argued against what you say? As you well know, in today's society you can very well find yourself in somebodies house who is a crime kingpin. Like I say, don't be surprised if you find yourself with a knife in the gut, justified or not. But if you're stupid enough to be in that...

No skin off my nose. Like I said, I'm not speaking as to what I would do. What I am saying is that if you do find yourself in such a situation then don't be surprised if you get attacked. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Just laugh it off, Kneedown. Certain people on this forum...

It's not about what i would do but if they got attacked then they would only have themselves to blame. Makes perfect sense to me. You might not like my opinions but there they are. Like it or not.

Who's argueing? That's my opinion! Like it or lump it; i don't care. No matter what I say you'll always find some reason for argueing the toss. :-)

Sorry for offending you but that's my opinion. Drunk or not drunk, you deserve the consequences.