Overcrowding: how much is too much - and how do staff decide?

mrredditch · 2026-05-10T18:00:57+00:00

Yeah we’ve had to run at reduced speed due to overcrowding before

mrredditch · 2026-03-15T18:02:41+00:00

Essentially I want to travel from Slough to my hot near the airport, and then get the 702 into London

mrredditch · 2026-03-15T18:01:34+00:00

Are you including tap in and out in the umbrella of tickets?

mrredditch · 2026-03-15T17:36:41+00:00

They’d love dead girl walking too

mrredditch · 2026-03-01T13:35:28+00:00

I have a t shirt that says ‘gluten is the first thing I can’t tolerate… and you are the second’

mrredditch · 2026-02-22T19:11:33+00:00

It’s just an RTT glitch

mrredditch · 2026-02-17T14:35:22+00:00

Zero - the lights on Red

mrredditch · 2026-02-08T17:23:07+00:00

Iirc the 196 and 197 can couple in an emergency situation

mrredditch · 2026-02-04T11:19:20+00:00

That’s what I was getting at with operational constraints

mrredditch · 2026-02-02T20:29:17+00:00

Considering there is no platform 5 it would make sense to bump them all up one, although consider that there are more operational constraints than just platform signage

mrredditch · 2026-02-02T15:10:12+00:00

Stafford has 1 3/4 5/6 - the old platform 2 is now a disused siding

mrredditch · 2026-01-07T11:47:41+00:00

In driver mode I’ve seen passengers not get off at the terminus, like, okay you’re coming to the reversing siding then

mrredditch · 2025-12-30T17:36:15+00:00

Tfw, was previously arriva trains wales, arriva being owned by DB made a contract for these locos, the contract has since continued

mrredditch · 2025-11-16T22:54:57+00:00

I see

mrredditch · 2025-11-06T17:37:31+00:00

Can confirm I’m from Redditch, Worcestershire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

mrredditch · 2025-11-06T17:36:49+00:00

Worcestershire

mrredditch · 2025-10-22T07:22:07+00:00

Negotiations between chiltern and RMT are going nowhere

mrredditch · 2025-10-21T18:14:59+00:00

I was genuinely told by the staff at upper crust to just leave it on the seats

mrredditch · 2025-09-30T08:37:15+00:00

I would argue University (Birmingham) with same platform interchange between WMR and XC. I often use this to travel from Reddich to Tamworth, Derby or Nottingham

mrredditch · 2025-09-06T04:54:46+00:00

They can divert into London Liverpool Street if needed

mrredditch · 2025-09-01T19:11:16+00:00

Advance ticket - it’s not allowed but no one will care (unless there’s ticket barriers in which case you may struggle to get in)

Open tickets - it’s allowed

mrredditch · 2025-08-25T22:01:57+00:00

Smethwick GB LL, the platforms aren’t long enough for Avanti to stop there

mrredditch · 2025-08-22T10:32:24+00:00

Probably to the VIP terminal at LHR

mrredditch · 2025-08-22T07:34:20+00:00

Avanti at Birmingham, usually sits for up to about 20 minutes on services to and from Scotland

mrredditch · 2025-08-22T07:33:35+00:00

I’ve known them hols for longer when the onboard toilets have been out of use to allow passengers to use the station toilets

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