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John B writes
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?

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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.

There is no ban.

You may have missed the bit that said 'unless a second person is also
with the train operator or the OPO alarm still works' which is what they
do.

We still run OOS when the radio fails until we get back into a section
where it's working (or outside and you can use the Airwave radios we
keep, if they're available) and re-enter service. If the whole system's
down, it's hardly worthwhile running a fleet of empty trains about
though.
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