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Post by tube10 on May 11, 2006 20:01:21 GMT
Does the underground also use conductors/guards in the trains to assist the motorman/driver?
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2006 20:04:24 GMT
Not anymore, all lines are worked as One Person Operation. The last line to have guards was the Northern line, guards finished here when the introduction of the 1995 stock was completed in 1999.
The RMT union would like to see Guards re-introduced on the Underground.
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Post by Dmitri on May 11, 2006 20:24:40 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2006 20:29:49 GMT
Couldn't remember whether it was 99 or 00. I'll go and beat myself senseless with a 59TS guards bar for not knowing that! |
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Post by agoodcuppa on May 11, 2006 22:01:27 GMT
I'll go and beat myself senseless with a 59TS guards bar for not knowing that! Can you provide a video link so that we can watch? ;D |
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Post by DrJimi on May 12, 2006 1:05:47 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2006 5:07:31 GMT
The RMT union would like to see Guards re-introduced on the Underground. So would I. |
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Post by Tubeboy on May 12, 2006 12:49:27 GMT
Second that. After the july 7th bombings, there was a call for guards to be re-introduced, but it fell on deaf ears. An extra member of staff on the trains would be a good idea. I am sure the guards job becoming obsolete, was not purely on financial grounds. ;D
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Post by Phil on May 12, 2006 22:33:01 GMT
An extra member of staff on the trains would be a good idea. Are you REALLY sure, tubeboy? The t/op is enclosed in his nice warm cab, with a locked door between him and the cattle. A guard is open to all the abuse the public can throw at him, unless he is locked in the back cab - in which case the object is defeated. I'm quite sure that in the (totally unlikely) situation of guard reintroduction being discussed, Bob Crowe would be insisting on TWO guards per train, particularly late evenings. Staff protection is a serious issue these days. |
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Post by mandgc on May 13, 2006 1:06:02 GMT
The Squarewheels Link to the Last 1959 Working showed a 'box like attachment' to the passenger hand grips in the cars.
What are these ?
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Post by DrJimi on May 13, 2006 2:55:12 GMT
From the text acompanying the picture:
"The whole 1256+1187 train has for some while been kitted out with special strap-hangers which advertise NutriGrain cereal bars; a few had presumably been damaged and so the occasional plain grey one was to be found."
First time I've seen that done - didn't look 'right' somehow.
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Post by mandgc on May 13, 2006 4:22:09 GMT
NutriGrain Hangers.
Thanks very much Dr Jimi. sorry - I missed that bit.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2006 8:04:11 GMT
Second that. After the july 7th bombings, there was a call for guards to be re-introduced, but it fell on deaf ears. An extra member of staff on the trains would be a good idea. I am sure the guards job becoming obsolete, was not purely on financial grounds. ;D I don't think that having a guard is going to scare off terrorists is it? |
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2006 19:10:49 GMT
"The whole 1256+1187 train has for some while been kitted out with special strap-hangers which advertise NutriGrain cereal bars; a few had presumably been damaged and so the occasional plain grey one was to be found." First time I've seen that done - didn't look 'right' somehow. They weren't damaged. one or perhaps two went walkies before the train had even left the depo on the 'final run'. ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by DrJimi on May 13, 2006 20:02:55 GMT
NutriGrain Hangers. Thanks very much Dr Jimi. sorry - I missed that bit. Don't apologize - it was easy to miss. I recalled it being mentioned in the prose, so quoted verbatim as I felt the subject was sufficiently unusual to be interesting to anyone who hadn't seen/read the article. My apologies to you if the style of my reply inadvertantly provoked your apology ;D |
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