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Woking to Heathrow
Graeme Wall wrote:
On 03/04/2017 11:49, Martin Coffee wrote: On 03/04/17 10:15, Roland Perry wrote: In message , at 09:21:10 on Mon, 3 Apr 2017, e27002 aurora remarked: As an aside, the events of that evening showed the value of having a guard on board. Apparently, the driver went into shock. The card called the BTP, and Network Rail. He saw that the driver was given tea and comfort. As we lost heating and the lighting the guard dealt with a sick passenger and a lady going into labour. The issue of the role of guards needs careful attention before they are eliminated. Now that almost everyone has a mobile phone passengers can call for an ambulance for a lady going into labour. And if they are miles from a station, that's what air ambulances are for. The balance here is between the cost of guards on every train, every day, the cost of sending an air ambulance to a scene like that about once a month in the whole country. In any event, many trains will still have a second member of staff on board, to check tickets. It's just that they won't have the power to close the doors, and have "guard - I'm paid twice as much" on the name badge. But some lines (and tunnels) don't have mobile coverage. I travelled between Cardiff and Netley on Wednesday and Thursday and at least 20% of that route has absolutely no mobile coverage but fortunately still has a guard. If a train is stranded without a functional driver then the situation can serious especially if the signalling is such that the signaller doesn't know exactly where the train is. I dread to think what might happen if this is somewhere without mobile coverage. If there is no mobile phone coverage, what is the guard going to do? Use GSM-R. If that has failed, walk to the nearest SPT/other phone (e.g. crossing etc). Anna Noyd-Dryver |
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