On Wed, 3 Oct 2007 18:37:36 +0100, Steve Fitzgerald ]
wrote:

In message , James Farrar
writes

There should have been PA within 30 secs and there should have been PA
every 2 minutes or less while the delay continued.

I've noticed in the last month or so, drivers have been much quicker
to give tannoy announcements at delays, even if it's just "we're
stopped at a red signal and I don't know why".

New rules innit - initial announcement within 30 secs, if only to
reassure the passengers that you've not dropped dead.

I had presumed there had been such an edict; but if the rules really
state that announcements should be made evry two minutes, that's
excessive.

Does this only apply between stations?

In message , James Farrar
writes

I've noticed in the last month or so, drivers have been much quicker
to give tannoy announcements at delays, even if it's just "we're
stopped at a red signal and I don't know why".

New rules innit - initial announcement within 30 secs, if only to
reassure the passengers that you've not dropped dead.

I had presumed there had been such an edict; but if the rules really
state that announcements should be made evry two minutes, that's
excessive.

Does this only apply between stations?

The instruction is - first announcement after 30 secs. There is no
particular requirement to give any more information to a deadline other
than passing on any relevant info (which I would do anyway, edict or
no!).

It is expected that once initial information has been passed on, then
updates are obviously important for long shutdowns; otherwise a minimum
of something every station when slow moving so that any joining
passengers are kept updated.
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Steve Fitzgerald wrote:
In message , James
Farrar writes

I've noticed in the last month or so, drivers have been much
quicker to give tannoy announcements at delays, even if it's
just "we're stopped at a red signal and I don't know why".

New rules innit - initial announcement within 30 secs, if only to
reassure the passengers that you've not dropped dead.

I had presumed there had been such an edict; but if the rules
really state that announcements should be made evry two minutes,
that's excessive.

Does this only apply between stations?

The instruction is - first announcement after 30 secs. There is no
particular requirement to give any more information to a deadline
other than passing on any relevant info (which I would do anyway,
edict or no!).

It is expected that once initial information has been passed on,
then updates are obviously important for long shutdowns; otherwise
a minimum of something every station when slow moving so that any
joining passengers are kept updated.

Is there a requirement to find out the cause of the delay before the
first, or perhaps second, announcement? I was wondering whether the new
rule had led to many more radio calls from drivers to the line
controller, and whether this was a good use of his time, e.g. does it
detract from sorting out the blockage if there is one?
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Richard J.
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