It would not be difficult to move the 8car markers to same pole as 10car. Unless 450 or 458s are booked to call at that platform, the 8car markers will be obsolete when 455s go.
.....which is customer-hostile, and potentially dangerous, at stations where the entrance is at the rear end of the platform (eg Raynes park and Kingston down direction, New Malden, Wimbledon, Earlsfield and Strawberry Hill up direction, as
Most stations have 4-6 car markers.
Um... you'll find exactly the same across the whole railway network.
It is a recent change though -maybe six or seven years - Kingston certainly used to have separate 8 and 10 car stop marks so that the rear of the train was always next to the exit.
The point about short trains stopping right down the platform - it's been happening since DOO was introduced in the mid-80s.
Once again it’s “booked” from the December 15th timetable change…
and again today, working 2U28 right now.031 in service on 2J92 this morning according to RTT
Maybe they heard us after all
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Why are they going to Derby?701524/518 dep 95 late
Realtime Trains | 5Q98 1130 Eastleigh Trsmd to Derby Litchurch Lane | 09/12/2024
Real-time train running information for 5Q98 1130 departure from Eastleigh Trsmd to Derby Litchurch Lane on 09/12/2024. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.
Is it Some modifications needed? Thanks701524/518 dep 95 late
Realtime Trains | 5Q98 1130 Eastleigh Trsmd to Derby Litchurch Lane | 09/12/2024
Real-time train running information for 5Q98 1130 departure from Eastleigh Trsmd to Derby Litchurch Lane on 09/12/2024. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.
Are you saying it took 4 days to learn how to close doors ?
Just having door release by drivers will do more than anything else to improve station dwell times giving the ceremony of the doors performed by guards now (yes i know its FSWR procedure).
A poor & short sighted decision by those in charge, particularly as the time, money & effort invested in obtaining the agreements, hardware, training & additional staff flexibility all appear to have been wasted.
I was there around 16:30 and the lower platforms were all 450s
Rather discouraging to be honest.
Hopefully this means the proposed diagram introduction rate won’t be as slow..
I’ve done the maths and assuming that 10 drivers are trained at once (as mentioned previously), that would be 150 every 3 months rather than only 90 with a 10 day length (not taking into account holidays or Sundays)
So with 600 drivers left to do, all done by the end of next year. Which publicly-owned SWR will take credit for.
Just need Alstom to pull their finger out and fix enough units to enter service.So with 600 drivers left to do, all done by the end of next year. Which publicly-owned SWR will take credit for.
Des anyone know exactly what the issues are with the units? I find it bizarre that two units which were among the last to be delivered, earlier this year, have just gone back to Derby presumably for "modifications". Why weren't these done prior to delivery?
031 and 043 are on there according to RTT.
It’s not all down to Alstom; there’s a number of modifications required to make each unit ”fit for service”. Responsibility for each modification ’package’ is agreed between Alstom and SWR.
Still seems odd that these later deliveries didn't have the mods incorporated. It must have been understood what was required because other units had already started running in service.
