RR201700013
In response to the report above, the following comments from the reporter were forwarded to the operator: The reporter advises that whether there is a robust policy in place for the repairs to be carried out or not, there are no spare crew coaches available.  If the train examiners apply a ‘red card’ (not fit for travel), the pressure applied for them to ‘green card’ the wagon as fit for travel to be repaired, will go on for months until it’s available for repair. The reporter notes that crew van log books are filled out, yet it just ‘[operator 2] to monitor’ or ‘checked okay’ by the…