http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "In full: rail routes affected by Scotrail strike action" en Thu, 21 May 2026 22:56:10 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16568#post-224653 Tue, 05 Jul 2016 22:41:01 +0000 Tulyar 224653@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I had an interesting read the other day - a resume from RAIB on train dispatch incidents, including door dragging - of which 50% were with DOO trains, and 25% with Guard dispatch. Falls between train &amp; platform had an even higher DOO factor.</p> <p>This review did not include incidents where passngers operated the emergency door release on a stalled train and got down on to the tracks. I have a strong hunch that these seem to be more common with DOO trains without staff with authority in the passenger accommodation. A notable incident was a local GWR train between Reading &amp; London where the driver was occupied with the signaller and sorting out a small fire, and a passenger from the group who had detrained was struck and killed by another train, as no one was looking after the passengers and their safety.</p> <p>Word also suggests that just as buses with conductors can be timetabled at up to twice the averaged running speed of a DOO bus, because the delays on boarding passengers are practically eliminated and the conductor collects fares and swipes concession cards etc, so a train with a closely working tram of driver &amp; guard can work very efficiently to get the train stopped and started at a station, recovering lost time and keeping overall journey times down. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16568#post-224510 Fri, 01 Jul 2016 21:32:05 +0000 chdot 224510@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/scotrail-announces-new-strike-action-dates-1-4167319" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/scotrail-announces-new-strike-action-dates-1-4167319</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16568#post-223851 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 22:44:38 +0000 chdot 223851@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/scotrail-manager-taken-off-duty-after-train-incident-during-strike-1-4161529" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/scotrail-manager-taken-off-duty-after-train-incident-during-strike-1-4161529</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16568#post-223702 Tue, 21 Jun 2016 14:25:34 +0000 deckard112 223702@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I left a little later than usual this morning and came through Inverkeithing at 8am. If anything it was quieter than usual leading me to believe that a sheep mentality of 'if I leave early enough I'll beat the traffic' prevailed. I recall the same issue with the trains during the FRB closure when the earlier trains were rammed but ones which left after 8 were noticeably quieter. I also passed a colleague of mine who was on the bus on the A90 (still snarled up in the earlier rush). My journey took the usual 50 odd minutes. His took over 90. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16568#post-223700 Tue, 21 Jun 2016 14:17:45 +0000 wingpig 223700@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote><em>"2) the tram issue was on Princes Street which isn't open to private cars anyway."</em></blockquote></p> <p>From other descriptions it might have been the Lothian Road - South Charlotte Street bit causing tram-track-blockage, which would be simple enough to prevent by employing someone with a large hammer and a pressure-skoosher full of paint stripper to stand near the tracks, empowered to cosmetically mutilate any vehicles which ignore the "don't cross a junction if you can't see that your exit point on the other side is clear" thing. Despite the frequency with which I use it I can't recall offhand whether or not the tram tracks are box-junctioned... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16568#post-223696 Tue, 21 Jun 2016 13:49:48 +0000 fimm 223696@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What is bizarre about the traffic is that<br /> 1) a lot of the commuter lines into Edinburgh were either running as normal or running but with a reduced service<br /> 2) the tram issue was on Princes Street which isn't open to private cars anyway.</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-36586302">According to the BBC</a> "<em>It is understood vehicles were jumping lights and getting stuck on tram lines.</em>". Bad vehicles. Why didn't the people in charge of the vehicles make them behave....? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16568#post-223688 Tue, 21 Jun 2016 12:59:22 +0000 paddyirish 223688@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Inverkeithing High St was tailed back almost to the Station shortly after 7. Saw 7 or 8 Fife Bound Cyclists on the bridge. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16568#post-223684 Tue, 21 Jun 2016 12:40:52 +0000 acsimpson 223684@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Choas indeed. There was 48 cyclists heading towards me between Barnton and the Bridge today just after 8. I had to slow down at least twice.</p> <p>Notably 19 of the cyclists were between Whitehouse Road and Burnshot flyover. By far the busiest I've seen it.</p> <p>Meanwhile the A90 was busy but not unusually so. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16568#post-223673 Tue, 21 Jun 2016 11:36:25 +0000 chdot 223673@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yep the c word (+ "traffic")</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/scotrail-strike-causes-commuter-traffic-chaos-1-4160159" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/scotrail-strike-causes-commuter-traffic-chaos-1-4160159</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16568#post-223664 Tue, 21 Jun 2016 09:46:40 +0000 chdot 223664@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/news/in-full-rail-routes-affected-by-scotrail-strike-action-1-4159360" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/news/in-full-rail-routes-affected-by-scotrail-strike-action-1-4159360</a> </p>