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It looks to me like your trying to re-write the rules of signalling, Just accept the facts it's a lot easier.

Do you not think Tony Bloom has already got enough financial commitment funding the stadium and training academy without being asked to fork out more to re-model the railway as well? The signal in platform 3 at Lewes is where it is for a reason and apart from the amount of time, work and money...

Knowing what Network Rail are like this is one time the RMT are going to need to be strong, Not just in securing the best deal they can for the signalmen that will be losing they're jobs but also making sure the conditions are right for those that remain. I appreciate Bob Crow, the RMT and...

If they're quoting £1.1bn you can expect that figure to at least double, if not treble by the end of it. I've never known a re-signalling project to end anywhere near within budget so I can't see a nationwide project like this bucking the trend.

From what I understand there is investment going ahead on the railways in the form of a multi billion pound project to update the signalling across the entire network, It is supposed to involve the abolition of all the existing signal boxes which will be replaced with something like 13 national...

I'm trying to think back to when I used to work the signal box at Lewes but it was a few years ago now, But i'm sure the placement of the signal was to do with the track circuit overlap which means if the signal was at the end of the platform then every time you signalled a train into platform 3...

You cant blame that on the trains, That's down to the people using them.

Would have had nothing to do with the signalman, Whatever happened (or didn't as is the case) would have been purely down to Southern.

I'm sure Southern could do quite a bit more to help but with no financial incentive I very much doubt they will.

Why let facts get in the way of a good rant eh! Looking at it i'm rather glad I didn't go last night

Without having the full facts of what went wrong i'm in the same boat as every one else in not being able to answer that, I can see reasons why the train wouldn't have stopped there but where the actual fault lies I don't know.

Your not spot on with that bit, Studying his/her rule book? Like they have time for that.

Your spot on with that.

There was obviously a break down in communication there last night which is not good in itself, But calling for people to be sacked when nobody knows the truth of what happened is ridiculous.

It's far from the most serious mistake a driver can make, If the train sat outside the station waiting for the signal to change it would indicate to me that the driver didn't even know he was supposed to stop at the station as it's common practice for a driver to do that for a non-stopping train.

I found that was very often the case when I had to work with them during times of disruption.

Bit harsh.