Tipping Out Alone
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Early one morning last month, a driver had to tip out a train alone after it stalled at Croxley. Where were the station staff?
Metropolitan line
It's The Pits
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Tubeworker has already reported on London Underground's attempts to cut the frequency of essential fleet safety checks with its daft and reckless 'maintenance optimisation' policy. Now the company has come up with another daft scheme to save money with scant regard to safety - this time, on the Metropolitan line.
Testing Testing
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It seems that the new S stock trains for the Metropolitan line may not be up to scratch.
Textback Flop
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Remember LUL's silly idea of inviting passengers to text in their comments?
Rickmansworth Strike Report
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Tubeworker's report from the front line ...
Ricky: Vote Yes to Stop These Displacements
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RMT is balloting station staff on the Rickmansworth group for strike action after management went ahead with issuing displacement notices to five CSAs.
Rickmansworth Staff Get Angry Over Displacements
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Rickmansworth CSAs still face displacement off their group as management try to make them suffer the consequences of a management cock-up.
Unfair Displacements
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Imagine starting work for LUL, doing your training, and being told what group you are going to work on. Off you go, settle in to working on the group, perhaps move house into the area.
Licences Expired (Again)
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It seems that many of the Control Room staff at Neasden have been working despite their safety-critical licensing having expired.
Boxing Clever?
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The Victoria and Metropolitan lines will be closed on Boxing Day for engineering work. Management seem to think this means they can book all the drivers off on annual leave for the day.