On Aug 18, 4:33 am, chunky munky
wrote:
You cannot carry on empty in a single track tunnel with a defective
radio unless a second person is also with the train operator or the
OPO alarm still transmits.

That is the rule, sure. Is there a reason why that is the rule (given
that the publicly stated reason for gibberingly paranoid radio failure
"no trains anywhere" rules is passenger protection)? If so, what is
the reason?

[...]
Is it right to send a train with possibly over 1000 out with no way of
contacting someone should there be a delay to the service, then maybe
requiring the train to be held or diverted, or a passenger alarm is
operated and requires further assistance, or a one under requiring
traction current off?

Quite possibly not, but I was specifically referring to the ban on
running *empty* trains on OPO when Connect is down.

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