SDO............why the discrepancies

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[Lee]

Earlier in this thread Willc wondered what would happen if SDO^▸ (Selective Door Opening) failed on the cotswold line...well it did this morning.  The 0542 Hereford
ran fast between Evesham and Oxford due to an SDO equipment failure (according to TM^‡(resolve) on later train). Train did not stop at any short platform stations.

Oxford Mail article link.
http://www.oxfordmail.net/news/headlines/display.var.2089862.0.train_missed_out_stations.php

[Btline]

Earlier in this thread Willc wondered what would happen if SDO^▸ (Selective Door Opening) failed on the cotswold line...well it did this morning.  The 0542 Hereford
ran fast between Evesham and Oxford due to an SDO equipment failure (according to TM^‡(resolve) on later train). Train did not stop at any short platform stations.

Oxford Mail article link.
http://www.oxfordmail.net/news/headlines/display.var.2089862.0.train_missed_out_stations.php

Oh, well I take it the train arrived at Padd on time! 

[willc]

I doubt it, this was Ian L's note earlier in this thread

It was still late through Chalrbury....assume it failed somewhere near Evesham and they spent time getting it working

And the halts train into Oxford and the next Abergavenny/Hereford-London service were both about 20-25 minutes late to Oxford and Reading that morning.

[Btline]

Oh for goodness sake......... they can't even run to time when they miss out all stops. 

No wonder the service is so bad normally! 

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It is about time we stand up to these Health and Safety talibans. Just think about what will be banned in the next 2 years. We will all be sat at home on hard ergonomically desgined (and passed) sofas, with seat belts on (just in case). Turning lights on will have to be done with remote control. Sockets will be painted yellow for visability.

And as for the thought of getting on a train that travels at 100+ mph...........

Ughhhh- what makes me so angry, is that I am probably not exaggerating that much!

The sooner we put a stop to this nonsense, and it IS nonsense- we ran an excellent railway in the past without all of this c**p, and we know to get off adjacent to the platform- the better. The longer we put it off, more and more stuff will get banned and regulated.

 

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[Mookiemoo]

Oh for goodness sake......... they can't even run to time when they miss out all stops. 

No wonder the service is so bad normally! 

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It is about time we stand up to these Health and Safety talibans. Just think about what will be banned in the next 2 years. We will all be sat at home on hard ergonomically desgined (and passed) sofas, with seat belts on (just in case). Turning lights on will have to be done with remote control. Sockets will be painted yellow for visability.

And as for the thought of getting on a train that travels at 100+ mph...........

Ughhhh- what makes me so angry, is that I am probably not exaggerating that much!

The sooner we put a stop to this nonsense, and it IS nonsense- we ran an excellent railway in the past without all of this c**p, and we know to get off adjacent to the platform- the better. The longer we put it off, more and more stuff will get banned and regulated.

 

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Hear Hear Hear HEar Hear Hear Hear

[Chris from Nailsea]

Do I detect just a hint, Mookiemoo, that you are not the world's greatest fan of 'Health and Safety'?   

[Jim]

Do I detect just a hint, Mookiemoo, that you are not the world's greatest fan of 'Health and Safety'?   

Seriousally though - is there no body here who does not think H&S^▸ (Health and Safety) is just starting to get too much!

[John R]

Agree totally.

[devonian]

It has gone beyond a joke. Talk about dumbing down - is it really a surprise when you are forced not to think for yourself anymore???

[Mookiemoo]

Do I detect just a hint, Mookiemoo, that you are not the world's greatest fan of 'Health and Safety'?   

I dotn ming H&S^▸ (Health and Safety) when it is sensible

When it is for the sole purpose of protecting darwin award candidates, then no

I had a client - factory - sensible rule for the people on the shop floor - no open toed shoes

Except this also applied to me - the IT person who didnt even had a pass to get onto the shop floor!  Apparently it was to protect my toes in case something such as a ream of paper was dropped!

[Mookiemoo]

And on the subject of SDO^▸ (Selective Door Opening)

On the 0841 from WOS^» (Worcester Shrub Hill - next trains) to PAD^» (Paddington (London) - next trains)

Why is 1st class being platformed again!

[IanL]

Hi Mookiemoo,

The is the 0938 from Charlbury, first time I have been on it for a week so the first time I have seen it as a HST^▸ (High Speed Train) (been an Adelante for years now).

Agree (and I have it in writing from FGW^▸ (First Great Western)) that they have supposedly reverted to platforming the rear of the train when in normal formation going to PAD^» (Paddington (London) - next trains), except when the driver/TM^‡(resolve) decide otherwise.

So yes I am one of the people who rather than walk the entire length of the platform and slow the train down got on the train at the nearest door and walked down through first class.

Sorry!

But nothing to do with SDO^▸ (Selective Door Opening) which can operate to selectively unlock doors either way.

Ian L.

[Mookiemoo]

Hi Mookiemoo,

The is the 0938 from Charlbury, first time I have been on it for a week so the first time I have seen it as a HST^▸ (High Speed Train) (been an Adelante for years now).

Agree (and I have it in writing from FGW^▸ (First Great Western)) that they have supposedly reverted to platforming the rear of the train when in normal formation going to PAD^» (Paddington (London) - next trains), except when the driver/TM^‡(resolve) decide otherwise.

So yes I am one of the people who rather than walk the entire length of the platform and slow the train down got on the train at the nearest door and walked down through first class.

Sorry!

But nothing to do with SDO^▸ (Selective Door Opening) which can operate to selectively unlock doors either way.

Ian L.

But where you one of the ones who kept nicking The Times off the tables?  By the time I got off at Reading there were none left in G and F

[IanL]

Hi Mookiemoo,

The is the 0938 from Charlbury, first time I have been on it for a week so the first time I have seen it as a HST^▸ (High Speed Train) (been an Adelante for years now).

Agree (and I have it in writing from FGW^▸ (First Great Western)) that they have supposedly reverted to platforming the rear of the train when in normal formation going to PAD^» (Paddington (London) - next trains), except when the driver/TM^‡(resolve) decide otherwise.

So yes I am one of the people who rather than walk the entire length of the platform and slow the train down got on the train at the nearest door and walked down through first class.

Sorry!

But nothing to do with SDO^▸ (Selective Door Opening) which can operate to selectively unlock doors either way.

Ian L.

But where you one of the ones who kept nicking The Times off the tables?  By the time I got off at Reading there were none left in G and F

Not guilty.....already bought mine from the rack at the station!

[willc]

The is the 0938 from Charlbury, first time I have been on it for a week so the first time I have seen it as a HST^▸ (High Speed Train) (been an Adelante for years now).

Agree (and I have it in writing from FGW^▸ (First Great Western)) that they have supposedly reverted to platforming the rear of the train when in normal formation going to PAD^» (Paddington (London) - next trains), except when the driver/TM^‡(resolve) decide otherwise.

At the moment, they are still putting out new stop markers for drivers at stations and briefing staff, so unless the train is one of a handful covered by the 'trial' of what they always used to do, eg the two Abergavenny/Hereford to London morning peak trains and, I think, some Nailsea trains, the chances are that an HST will still stop first class on if heading towards London.