Hammersmith & City and Circle lines

Wood Lane Rosters Joke

LUL intends to open the new Wood Lane station next month, but seems to have overlooked staffing it properly.

Its planned rosters - which union reps reject - do not provide enough staff for what is going to be a very busy station. To add insult to injury, the rosters also rely on rostered Edgware...

Thanks To You ...

... but not so much thanks to you.

Management decided to reward King's Cross staff for dealing so professionally with the chaos on booze ban party night. Anyone would think management were embarrassed by their own inadequate preparation.

The £100 'Thanks To You' vouchers were most welcome - until...

How Visible?

If you have travelled through Kings Cross of late, you will have noticed that staff are wearing orange HiVis all day (and if you work there, you will obviously know this!). This is unlike the rest of the stations, where HiVis are for SATs, track and emergencies only.

Despite a local agreement...

Thameslink Transfer

As well as the impending Silverlink transfer, there's another transfer in the offing - King's Cross Thameslink station is coming over to LUL on 9th December.

But can we trust management to ensure adequate staffing levels? Tubeworker fears not, and management's apparent unwillingness to even discuss...

No Deadman, No Driver

The Circle and Hammersmith & City lines and the District line's Wimbledon branch have come to a halt this evening as drivers refuse to go along with management's wish to operate trains that may be fatally unsafe.

'C' Stock trains seem to have a problem with the 'deadman's handle', the kit that...

One Station, One Roster

Management want to introduce a joint 9-week roster for Supervisors at Farringdon and Barbican station.

Their 'carrot' is that Barbican will thus be upgraded and its rostered Supervisors get a bit of a pay rise. But no-one should accept this bribe, and should instead recognise the danger of this...

Crumbling Platforms

Down at Kings Cross, platform 2 is crumbling beneath the feet.

It seems that to avoid raising the nosing stones, and thus save some dosh, Metronet decided to use 8mm tiles, less than half the usual thickness.

Result? Lots of cracked tiles. Reason? PPPrivatisation Puts Profits before safety...

Communication Breakdown

With a person on the track near Paddington, a driver was told by the Line Controller to remain at Royal Oak. The driver then got another call on the Connect system - which shows an 8-digit code rather than a caller ID - telling him to reform and giving authority to proceed, which he did...

A Bit Dim

Barking sidings are so dark as to be unsafe. The measure for lighting levels is such that over 30 is OK, between 20 and 30 requires a risk assessment, less than 20 and the location should close until the problem is rectified. The level at Barking sidings? 4.

There was little action from ASLEF, and...

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