The concern related to train drivers and network controllers utilising personal electronic devices whilst operating trains and control boards.
The concern related to inadequate training and supervision for track workers, which the reporter believes is resulting in several serious incidents where track workers have had near misses with trains.
The concern related to Passenger Service Supervisors (PSS) not manning their station at the rear of the train when the train departs every station.
The concern related to the way major changes in the Network Information Books (NIB) are distributed and communicated to staff.
The concern related to disregard for safety, specifically in relation to fatigue management of employees, poor maintenance of locomotives and rolling stock, and training and qualification of train crews.
The concerns related to a number of policy and procedure breaches to ensure operational continuity at the Network Control Centre during protected industrial action.
The concern related to the operator enacting an unforeseen circumstances clause regularly, rather than rostering effectively to mitigate driver fatigue.
Drivers operating beyond maximum hours under ‘driver only’ operations
Inadequate promotion of updated operational procedures and insufficient training to employees in relation to procedural changes.
The concern related to the use of the Fatigue Audit InterDyne (FAID) model being used as the sole indicator for fatigue management.
The concern related to inadequate training provided to signallers.
The concern related to the poor standard of track in the network leading to a number of major derailments on the mainline, and drivers being instructed to follow a computer based driving system even when they did not think the system was driving the train in the safest manner.
The concern related to the operator’s management of the incremental train control system.
The concern related to the number of drivers with sufficient qualifications to effectively design a roster which does not induce fatigue in the driver population.
The concern related to the delay in responding to a fault in the system which prevents the unintended use of a section of track in the computerised train control system.
The concern related to the reduced driver training provided after track separation works had been completed.
The concern related to the repair of a track evaluation vehicle used by the operator to conduct track inspections and the use of the replacement equipment that cannot adequately inspect the track.
The concern related to the operator not performing preventative maintenance which means that defects are being postponed and hence defective wagons are being used in operations.
The concern related to two specific maintenance practices being carried out on rail wagons, locomotives and relay vans by the operator’s contracted maintenance company.
The concern related to drivers not using the correct phraseology when using radios on the metropolitan network.
