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On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:14:34 -0700 (PDT)

next one to leave and he shrugged his shoulders. He walked up to the
drivers cab, got in, waited and indeed his train was the next to
leave. So I can either take from that that the drivers don't even know
when they are about to depart and only go by the signals, or he was
just unhelpful.

Probably the latter. They know their booked times but they're not really
interested in helping the people who pay their wages.

B2003

Even if the driver of one train does know his own departure time, rather
than waiting on a signal, how is he supposed to be certain of the
departure time of the other train ? And to know for certain whether
it's due to leave first or not ?

The only thing anyone can be sure of is, if based on insufficient
information, the driver tried to be "helpful" and guessed wrong, the likes
of you and your kind would be screaming blue murders and demanding
compensation for the stress you had to endure as a result.


michael adams

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