Today at Arnos grove - the train had already been delayed due to signal
problems but when the signal eventually went green did our hero up front
get on with the job he's paid hansomely for? No, he chatted with his mate
on the platform for over a minute after. What a useless lazy ****. Roll on
driverless trains.

B2003

Perhaps he was consulting with a colleague as to how he could make up
the lost time.

In article , d
wrote:

Today at Arnos grove - the train had already been delayed due to signal
problems but when the signal eventually went green did our hero up front
get on with the job he's paid hansomely for? No, he chatted with his mate
on the platform for over a minute after. What a useless lazy ****. Roll on
driverless trains.

I told you before my brother in law is a driver on the Picc line. They
have your card marked.

E.

On Oct 26, 12:19*pm, wrote:
Today at Arnos grove - the train had already been delayed due to signal
problems but when the signal eventually went green did our hero up front
get on with the job he's paid hansomely for? No, he chatted with his mate
on the platform for over a minute after. What a useless lazy ****. Roll on
driverless trains.

B2003

Sounds like the northbound Victoria Line at Seven Sisters. You sit
there for ages whilst the service is being "regulated" (or so we are
told) only to see a driver walking up the platform to take over the
service. Then of course they wait until a northbound train terminates
in the opposite platform and people are running to catch the
Walthamstow train before they shut the doors and move off.

The Victoria line drivers also seem to be experts at doing this with
connections to and from the Piccadilly Line at Finsbury Park.

On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 06:30:14 -0700 (PDT)
Paul wrote:
Sounds like the northbound Victoria Line at Seven Sisters. You sit
there for ages whilst the service is being "regulated" (or so we are

Ah yes, "regulate the service", that old chestnut. Translation: "We don't
give a toss if your train has already been delayed, the driver needs his tea
and a **** so deal with it."

Of course the best one is "There is a good service on all lines" when you've
been waiting for a train for 10 minutes with 300 other people which then
arrives packed to the gills. Its a bit like the noise of the sea at the coast,
devoid of any useful information but its always there in the background.

The Victoria line drivers also seem to be experts at doing this with
connections to and from the Piccadilly Line at Finsbury Park.

I think its a skill they have to master before they get their license. I've
seen it happen there, at Arnos grove and white city many times.

B2003

On 28/10/2011 14:30, Paul wrote:
On Oct 26, 12:19 pm, wrote:
Today at Arnos grove - the train had already been delayed due to signal
problems but when the signal eventually went green did our hero up front
get on with the job he's paid hansomely for? No, he chatted with his mate
on the platform for over a minute after. What a useless lazy ****. Roll on
driverless trains.

B2003

Sounds like the northbound Victoria Line at Seven Sisters. You sit
there for ages whilst the service is being "regulated" (or so we are
told) only to see a driver walking up the platform to take over the
service. Then of course they wait until a northbound train terminates
in the opposite platform and people are running to catch the
Walthamstow train before they shut the doors and move off.

The Victoria line drivers also seem to be experts at doing this with
connections to and from the Piccadilly Line at Finsbury Park.

Actually, I've noticed that since all the new trains have been in
service, trains on the Walthamstow platform do now often seem to wait
for people to get over from the other platform.

(I'm basing this on never having seen it happen once in seven years, and
then seeing it at least 20 times in the past couple of months.)

I dunno whether it's something the new trains make easier, or a new
policy brought in at the same time, or what though.

wrote in message
...

I think its a skill they have to master before they get their license.
I've
seen it happen there, at Arnos grove and white city many times.

The worst has to be at Kennington, the cross-platform change from Bank to
Charing Cross branches northbound. They wait until the doors of the Bank one
just begin to open and then shut the doors of the CX one just so we can see
it happening as we're running for the train. ****ing pathetic, juvenile
*******s!

Ian

On Oct 28, 11:31*pm, "Ian F." wrote:

wrote:

I think its a skill they have to master before they get their license.
I've seen it happen there, at Arnos grove and white city many times.

The worst has to be at Kennington, the cross-platform change from Bank to
Charing Cross branches northbound. They wait until the doors of the Bank one
just begin to open and then shut the doors of the CX one just so we can see
it happening as we're running for the train. ****ing pathetic, juvenile
*******s!

You do realise the drivers cannot see what's happening on the other
platform at Kennington?

"Mizter T" wrote in message
...

You do realise the drivers cannot see what's happening on the other
platform at Kennington?

There are usually staff on both platforms that could tell them to hold the
train. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that they do this totally on
purpose.

Ian

On 2011\10\30 16:27, Ian F. wrote:
"Mizter T" wrote in message
...

You do realise the drivers cannot see what's happening on the other
platform at Kennington?

There are usually staff on both platforms that could tell them to hold
the train. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that they do this
totally on purpose.

Railway staff obey rules or they get sacked. With headways every three
minutes, it seems unnecessary anyway, so the orders that come from above
seem to be good ones to me. At Harrow-O-T-H, where the headways are much
greater, trains are held IIRC.