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CRIDs: they only come out at night

Submitted on 6 January, 2007 - 22:34
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Details continue to slip out about the Working Reference Manual review, and mangement's slapdash attitude to safety.

The latest to reach Tubeworker's ears is that, apparently, CRIDs (that's Current Rail Indicator Devices for the uninitiated) are only for use during engineering hours or by the emergency services. So how, could management please tell us, are station staff and drivers supposed to confirm that the juice is off when detraining passengers along a tunnel?!

Perhaps CRIDs are just one more piece of kit that they would sooner do away with the hassle of having and maintaining? And if that puts staff's lives at risk, then hey ...


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