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Roland Perry · April 4th 17, 07:03 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In message , at 19:05:47
on Mon, 3 Apr 2017, remarked:
If there is no mobile phone coverage, what is the guard going to do?

Network Rail have their own communication system which will work in
those areas.

Do they issue GSM-R handsets to guards (genuine question).

No. But the one in the back- or intermediate- cab can easily be turned on.
That doesn't, of course, help if the train involved is an HST or is
loco-hauled with the DVT leading (or with no DVT).

Surely, every train has at least two cabs somehow? We don't have single-cab
as the only locos on passenger trains.

A loco-hauled train will have two cabs, but how does the guard easily
get to the rear cab of the loco?
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Roland Perry