the driver what the problem is. Therefore the driver cannot be "given
permission". S/He waits one minute and if the signal fails to clear there is
a standing instruction to proceed. This is the "stop and proceed" rule.

So in other words the driver should only wait for 1 minute at any red
light
since the line controllers don't have a clue whats going on and
wouldn't
know if train A was in front of train B. In which case how come I've
been
in trains stuck at non broken red lights for up to 10 minutes at
various times?

Perhaps its about time LU moved into the 20th century , never mind the
21st and actually had electronic line maps in the controllers rooms so
they
had a bloody clue where the trains on the line they're controlling
actually are.

B2003