John B wrote:
Maybe "keithy" can confirm, but AIUI he controls the doors, rings the
bell, and is in charge of passengers if there's an emergency. This is
a non-trivial task on Silverlink, since there's a station every two
minutes or so.

Which is also true on the Goblin, but the guards still manage to check
the tickets on the train often - I would guess about 1 in 10 journeys.

It used to be the case that the train would sit in the station while the
guard rushed back to open the doors on the odd occasion, but these days
it seems that there are three staff on board - Driver, Guard, and a
ticket checker - when a check actually occurs.

Cheers,
Mike

On 20 Apr, 11:02, Mike Bristow wrote:
Maybe "keithy" can confirm, but AIUI he controls the doors, rings the
bell, and is in charge of passengers if there's an emergency. This is
a non-trivial task on Silverlink, since there's a station every two
minutes or so.

Which is also true on the Goblin, but the guards still manage to check
the tickets on the train often - I would guess about 1 in 10 journeys.

It used to be the case that the train would sit in the station while the
guard rushed back to open the doors on the odd occasion, but these days
it seems that there are three staff on board - Driver, Guard, and a
ticket checker - when a check actually occurs.

ICBW, but I thought all ticket checking on Silverlink Metro was done
by RPIs rather than guards...

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