Train pulled into the station (hauled by a pair of 47’s), but stopped short unintentionally. Doors were opened but the train pulled forward to the correct stopping point without any dispatch procedure being followed and the doors still open.
Which would have been mitigated by CDL - under the control of the guard. Assuming that the guard realised they had stopped short.
Last year's Jacobite prohibition notice had more to do with an insufficient number of stewards than the practices of those remaining, leading to passengers being instructed to operate the secondary locks and doors themselves.
But of course WCRCs proposed work around for not having CDL kinda relied on stewards so if there's problems there that calls into question the viability of their mitigation...
Though presumably the driver in that scenario would know they've stopped short so wouldn't then attempt to move off again having released the doors in the wrong place (not they could on modern stock as the doors would be interlocked until closed).
And assuming that the guard didn’t release it in advance of the stop in preparation, which by WCRC’s 2016 standards was possible. I was on that tour and came away with such little confidence in WCRC’s standards that I took a break from any services operated by them.
Oh yes they would - if a TOC overtly ignored safety issues consistently, they would be banned and their operations re-assigned as soon as possible. It would be difficult but it would happen.
I wouldn't be at all surprised. It shouldn't be beyond a reputable rail operator to work within the rules, especially for a working that I believe almost always loads well (out of interest does anyone know the approximate average % loading of 'The Jacobite'). Is the 45mph limit to accommodate the tender-first running or simply owing to the nature of the route?
Yes, that's key.
Well Merseyrails safety record from 2005 is not to hot, a death with a guard sent to prison , drivers running through buffers due to distraction etc. I stand by my original point.
I wonder what the incident rate per passenger kilometer rate compares like
Or deaths and injuries per passenger rate even.
Unfortunately that wouldn't help the small businesses in Mallaig who are the real victims in all this.
Unless that was a spad assuming Preston's all point motors, wouldn't that need to be a signaller error or defective equipment?
During a shunt move, the loco stopped in the wrong place then after changing ends the driver took a signal which had been cleared for another line, which caused chaos for the rest of the day.
Is this something west coast actually ever said, or is it them getting blamed from what members of the public commenting on the situation said?
Of course they havent actually said it.
It was effectively their position by seeking the judicial review. The judge ruled it was fair and that the ORR weren't being mean.
If it was sports, it would likely be seen as a frivolous review and subject to an extra game ban.
That is actually very funny but wait until the WCRC supporters get a hold of you. I'm still laughing
Correct. insert thumbs up icon!
Looks like it took about 6 months at Eastleigh for CDL to be fitted on the LU TC4 Mk1 unit ib 2017, although other work was also done.
The exemption WCRC had for Regulation 5 is detailed in the link below, issued by ORR on 1st July 2023 and there is no requirement for them to be progressing/planning CDL fitment.