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Title: When is an extra carriage not a bonus .... Post by: bobm on July 02, 2011, 20:32:15 When the driver doesn't know/forgets and it ends up off the platform.
The Saturday morning through service to Newquay from Paddington has an extra standard class carriage marshalled between Coach H and the rear power car to accommodate solely peoples' luggage. Everyone dutifully piles their bags, bikes, buggies and surfboards at the London end of Platform 4 at Reading only for the train to stop at the usual point with the extra coach off the end. Result? Get the passengers on. Drop the locks. Move the train forward a carriage length and then load the luggage. Meanwhile the following trains diverted round it using platform 8. As an aside who is senior despatch staff or train manager? Title: Re: When is an extra carriage not a bonus .... Post by: Ollie on July 03, 2011, 00:05:37 Train Manager in charge of safety of the train
Dispatcher in charge of safety of the platform. The dispatcher would start the dispatch process. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |