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Originally Posted by Silver Fox Phil
Oh dear!!
Sounds like the bad old days when organisation and punctuality were non-existent! You know, the days of the curled up sandwich and could not care less attitude!
Bad for business. What happened to the passengers I wonder?
Cheers
Phil
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Wouldn't agree with that at all. When I worked in Control in the so called bad old days of BR to even contemplate cancelling a train like that was truly unthinkable. One would unfortunately have to take someone off a less important train maybe a commuter service where there would be another in say perhaps 15 to 30 mins later.
There were also spare guards who could be used to save all that or some freight guards could also work passenger trains.
Nowadays in the privatized railway everything is cut to the bone and there is no spare capacity or flexibility whatsoever, hence absolutely crowded trains and the end of Turn Up and Go.