Charles

Live in Wales🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿| Mainline (🚅TfWrail) train guard|Various heritage rlys 🚂|Enjoy photography|Dum spiro spero, apparently.

[Charles @CharlesTheGuard]

@RMTunion With regard to the second person on board she also says “there is a discussion about what they are doing” which misses the point - it is about what they are trained to do in the event of an incident, accident or for example, a fatality.

[Charles @CharlesTheGuard]

@RMTunion The first comment id make about this is the claim that with DCO there is an assumption there would be a second member of staff on board.

That falls a long way short of a guarantee and who is to say that the DfT or operator wouldn’t move the goalposts.

[Charles @CharlesTheGuard]

@TheRealJamieKay All too common this kind of behaviour now.

[Charles @CharlesTheGuard]

Watched #MillionPoundShot yesterday and it was an interesting look into the psychology of gambling addiction.

It would certainly be better if to gamble you had to walk into a betting shop and pay with cash.

I see people on the apps every day and I don’t think it’s healthy.

[Charles @CharlesTheGuard]

@ClarkeMicah There was a plan and I believe the Royal Train Dining Car was designed to carry a coffin but I there were concerns over trespass with the high level of public interest.

Using the RAF was also a nod to those service families who had had loved ones repatriated from war zones.

[Charles @CharlesTheGuard]

@networkrail @transportgovuk Going to make the same comment as everybody else.

Banking and the treasury isn’t good experience for running a railway. Sure he is getting paid a fair bit though.

[Charles @CharlesTheGuard]

@DStubbings14 Arriva had a plan years ago which made more sense than both the old WSMR and this new incarnation.

[Charles @CharlesTheGuard]

A sensible decision and I don’t know why so many people support an idea with so many issues.

If Wales does need a direct London service a more sensible solution would be for TfW to obtain addition 197s, have a portion detaching at BHI and heading down the Chilterns.

[Rich Wilcock @RichFromRail]

WSMR's application to run direct trains to London from Wrexham via Shrewsbury has been rejected by the ORR, as has Lumo's application to run direct trains from Rochdale to London

[Charles @CharlesTheGuard]

Feeling Blue at Milton Keynes Central

[Charles @CharlesTheGuard]

First time I’ve been on one of the Avanti Hitatchi things beyond Crewe.

Really not impressed with the ride quality or the bacon roll.

[Charles @CharlesTheGuard]

There are lots of concerning points raised by the RAIB report into the collision on the midland mainline.

This section is particularly troubling.

[Charles @CharlesTheGuard]

In the current political era of taking the passenger train operators back into government ‘ownership’ and unions pushing for in-sourcing I wonder what the thinking was behind the RDG handing out a contract for work previously handled in house?

[Dawni Q 🎨 @Dawni_Q]

#Disabled people need to know this: Rail Delivery Group has awarded @nimbusdis a £1.75m contract to decide Disabled Persons Railcard eligibility, reviewing medical/benefit evidence. This goes far beyond an access card. Where is the scrutiny of assessors, appeals and safeguards?

[Charles @CharlesTheGuard]

@TonyFelonius @stephenpollard Umm, the to tell you this but it isn’t that easy to throw somebody off for ticketless travel. Smoking doesn’t tend to be much of an issue these days.

You can ask somebody to leave but you can’t physically throw somebody off any more and if they refuse there is little support.

[Charles @CharlesTheGuard]

@TonyFelonius @stephenpollard I ask, but, if they won’t comply there is little I can do. I can’t issue a penalty, I can’t throw them off - so, what do you suggest?

I can’t fix the ills of society. I can’t fix generations of poor parenting. I can’t fix the absolute entitlement many people feel.

[Charles @CharlesTheGuard]

@TonyFelonius @stephenpollard Haha, yes, printed information will definitely stop those who weren’t properly socialised as children.

[Charles @CharlesTheGuard]

@TonyFelonius @stephenpollard It is a pet hate of mine but I don’t feel it is possible to manage behaviour by law and I also wouldn’t say it’s desirable.

How people behave around one another is something that should be covered by their upbringing but sadly a few generations have now not had that training.

[Charles @CharlesTheGuard]

@EngFocus Several staff suggested years ago, entry gates where the ticket counters now are sending people in under the stairs.

[Charles @CharlesTheGuard]

@blahblaaahblaaa @lateturn @BTP That’s not mental illness. It is dangerous bellend territory though.

[Charles @CharlesTheGuard]

@DeathlyAcorn Further south I have seen hair straighteners used on board.

Also a full size TV and games console…

[Charles @CharlesTheGuard]

@Doug_Paulley @lateturn Absolutely.

And the question shouldn’t even need to be asked…

Staff at Leeds should have made the conductor aware.

The assistance request was on the app.

The conductor should have passed through the train during the journey.

The call for aid was pressed when at a stand.