Would love this discussion to go back to 700s
Don't be silly, the mere mention of class700s entitles posters to get back to all things GN, (including 101 reasons why class700s don't apply to them).
Would love this discussion to go back to 700s
Don't be silly, the mere mention of class700s entitles posters to get back to all things GN, (including 101 reasons why class700s don't apply to them).
Don't be silly, the mere mention of class700s entitles posters to get back to all things GN, (including 101 reasons why class700s don't apply to them).
Any service with stops within 20 mins of its main terminus has a capacity for Pixc calculations that includes the standing allowance, which AIUI is 4 per sq m on a 700. 700 operated services will only appear in DFT crowding stats if the standing capacity is exceeded.Don’t understand don’t apply to them comment?
But fear not more 700s hit great northern next week including some peak services. Luckily for me because of staff training issues my service won’t suffer the large reduction in seats until late March.
We will see all the viewpoints recycled as we look in envy at St Albans as capacity on most trains is increased from 8 coaches to 12 with their extremely frequent service.
However I will genuinely be interested to see how they are received closer to London where passengers never got a seat anyway.
One question however. How is passengers in excess of capacity recorded. I assume it is no longer seats as you no longer see Thameslink services on the list.
Any service with stops within 20 mins of its main terminus has a capacity for Pixc calculations that includes the standing allowance, which AIUI is 4 per sq m on a 700. 700 operated services will only appear in DFT crowding stats if the standing capacity is exceeded.
The main terminating point for PIXC is further defined as the main destination if a through service, and would be “London”, and for the GN part of the Network it will be the calls at Finsbury Park that define the service as stopping for PIXC.That is interesting as even on the 700s I have travelled on some very cosy services. But as the terminating point is Brighton and the train empties at Blackfriars it won’t count. Lies. Damn lies and statistics.
Quite a few of the platform staff did, for an entire week tho rather than just a day..! Unfortunately and rather coincidentally, the continued issues with coupling take place at Greater Anglia stations, where there are no GN staff...Maybe the Great Northern staff need to spend a day at Haywards Heath or Faversham to see how it's done.
Would be better off just putting GTR staff in rather than paying for Greater Anglia staff, but yes, either would help.Isn't the station at cambridge staffed by GA? Maybe they're not wanting to employ more staff in order to do these splits. Maybe if GTR funded them...
There does seem to be a lot of GN threads and they definitely all drift perhaps one central thread is the answer?hahahahaha! Think a new GN thread needs to be created.
Quite a few of the platform staff did, for an entire week tho rather than just a day..! Unfortunately and rather coincidentally, the continued issues with coupling take place at Greater Anglia stations, where there are no GN staff...
Would be better off just putting GTR staff in rather than paying for Greater Anglia staff, but yes, either would help.
There does seem to be a lot of GN threads and they definitely all drift perhaps one central thread is the answer?
Ha, toilet delay repay type system?
... We will see all the viewpoints recycled as we look in envy at St Albans as capacity on most trains is increased from 8 coaches to 12 with their extremely frequent service.
However I will genuinely be interested to see how they are received closer to London where passengers never got a seat anyway. ...
The one I travelled on self dispatched like they do in the rest of the core.If they are calling at London Bridge again does anyone know Whose dispatching them? Is it GTR or as they were talking about originally and what I suspect will be happening Southeastern? If so another opportunity for passsing the buck with delays, stations operations, assisted travel and control communication etc etc
If they are calling at London Bridge again does anyone know Whose dispatching them? Is it GTR or as they were talking about originally and what I suspect will be happening Southeastern? If so another opportunity for passsing the buck with delays, stations operations, assisted travel and control communication etc etc
It's DOO for Class 700s on Platforms 4 and 5I didn't think London Bridge was DOO. Is this purely for the crew call ?
I didn't think London Bridge was DOO. Is this purely for the crew call ?
It's DOO for Class 700s on Platforms 4 and 5
Now, I'm not 100% sure of my ground here. But it was always the intention that the 700s would be driver dispatch at London Bridge, and I thought that was being done.
It's funny, that reminder to inhibit level 2 followed a few publications explaining a new 'start of mission' process. These publications didn't specifically state that these were not to be used until ATO goes live!Cheers again. Us 'boys in blue' don't get 'gentlemen in grey' notices until someone goes in the office and moans. The last one I got was for the Inhibit L2 reminder.
I've only ever had to do it on prep, not had any which weren't inhibited by default yet!I've noticed that more and more units now need to inhibit by default and it no longer holds over. Seimens told me on one of their depot surgeries that we should always do it 'just in case' but now it looks like its being forced. I never skipped it but no the brakes don't release and you get that red box thingy.
Ooo,wowTo get this back on topic- all 1T/2Txx services running are now calling at London Bridge - not publicly advertised, but the PIS on 700s is set up to announce the call.
Any videos of these tl services serving london bridge through platforms?
As I said before hats off to anyone who has commuted for over three years via crystal and the hills
I also wonder whe ATO training will start in earnest... I guess not such a priority given the delays in the programme
Also interested in the talk of Peterborough and Cambridge services starting within a month or so (ahead of May)
Quite fancy an excuse to stroll around Cambridge without the hassle of changing
Peak hours has always been through Palace (or Norbury) not just for the last 3 years which is why the rebuild is such a big change...Any videos of these tl services serving london bridge through platforms?
As I said before hats off to anyone who has commuted for over three years via crystal and the hills
I also wonder whe ATO training will start in earnest... I guess not such a priority given the delays in the programme
Also interested in the talk of Peterborough and Cambridge services starting within a month or so (ahead of May)
Quite fancy an excuse to stroll around Cambridge without the hassle of changing
I was on a Weymouth to Waterloo train, 2x444, a couple of years ago and all the toilets were out of order. The train had an extended confort break at Bournemouth, then an additional stop at Basingstoke.
They do. But also proves you can’t believe a word GTR say when they lie to passengers in this way. I know that “because we don’t train out staff” isn’t going to go down well but lies are found out. We know they dont train staff as it is thankfully keeping the 700s off great northern a bit longer.
It is annoying about the gangways. Many diagrams don’t couple / uncouple all day but they are still locked out of use.
Peak hours has always been through Palace (or Norbury) not just for the last 3 years which is why the rebuild is such a big change...