Broithe Posted August 21, 2015 Posted August 21, 2015 This starts on BBC2 next Monday - for those that have access - and those can stomach Dan Snow... http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02xxsb5 Quote
jhb171achill Posted August 27, 2015 Posted August 27, 2015 Excellent programme - anyone see it? Quote
Garfield Posted August 27, 2015 Posted August 27, 2015 Only caught the tail end of it, but what I saw looked quite interesting so I'll be going back to watch it on the online player. Quote
GSR 800 Posted August 27, 2015 Posted August 27, 2015 They still used the silver ball system on one of the single lines Quote
Mike 84C Posted August 27, 2015 Posted August 27, 2015 I enjoyed the programme and would recommend viewing. The passenger and train numbers are staggering and so was the fact that drivers are 13yrs in training and earn 7k p.a. Which seems to be 7 times the national average wage, how does the west compete with that? Quote
GSR 800 Posted August 27, 2015 Posted August 27, 2015 It took them an nearly two hours to get from north to South Mumbai by car due to congestion and the awful state of the roads, not surprising why the railway is so busy. Within 40 seconds of a train departing the city terminus another arrives! Quote
skinner75 Posted August 28, 2015 Posted August 28, 2015 Mind boggling the stats, from numbers carried - 2 million per day, to deaths - 9 per day. Excellent punctuality stats too - 95~98%. Next week they are going to be looking at per way maintenance & also the new stock coming into service. Well worth the watch! Quote
GSR 800 Posted August 28, 2015 Posted August 28, 2015 Would the drivers be prosecuted at all when someone gets killed by a train? Quote
Garfield Posted August 28, 2015 Posted August 28, 2015 Would the drivers be prosecuted at all when someone gets killed by a train? Obviously that would depend on whether they were deemed to be at fault. Quote
Broithe Posted August 28, 2015 Author Posted August 28, 2015 deaths - 9 per day In the previous Bombay Railway documentary, the driver they featured was asked how many fatalities had occurred whilst he was driving - he wasn't sure, but felt that it was probably more than seventy. Quote
skinner75 Posted August 28, 2015 Posted August 28, 2015 The way people cross / walk along the tracks, I'm not surprised. One driver they were talking to had hit over 30 people in his career Quote
Broithe Posted August 28, 2015 Author Posted August 28, 2015 You don't have to be Indian to be blasé about railway tracks - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-34065369 - that's on a Southern Region track, where the third rail was (luckily for him) isolated for some work going on - normally it would be 750 volts and would kill you now. Quote
Mike 84C Posted August 28, 2015 Posted August 28, 2015 Once saw a guy stand up on top of a tank wagon at Bescot yd 25kv zapp. That memory stays with you. Quote
Broithe Posted August 28, 2015 Author Posted August 28, 2015 I worked with this sort of thing - I've never trusted electricity....... Quote
Junctionmad Posted August 30, 2015 Posted August 30, 2015 Didn't I hear that some s&t engineers had to come from Indian railways to advise on old semaphore signalling in Ireland ? Quote
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