Rail worker killed by train was fatigued and on zero-hours contract

[Sodapop]

British Rail are complete self serving idiots. Diana Morgan was the epitome of British Rail self serviceability and she lost her legs.
She wasn't a rail worker, but a customer and they completely fucked her over just before privatisation. Seems they do it to their staff as well. Big companies v anyone else = we don't care

 

[equationgirl]

British Rail are complete self serving idiots. Diana Morgan was the epitome of British Rail self serviceability and she lost her legs.
She wasn't a rail worker, but a customer and they completely fucked her over just before privatisation. Seems they do it to their staff as well. Big companies v anyone else = we don't care

It's Network Rail. British Rail ceased to exist in 1997.

 

[existentialist]

It's Network Rail. British Rail ceased to exist in 1997.

I've a feeling the incident Sodapop is dredging up dates back to 1990,when it was British Rail. Hardly current, or even relevant, though...

 

[Sodapop]

Equationgirl is correct, this was before. But equally at that point British rail or whatever they are now, brought pressure on employees to lie and tried to make customers out as liars. That person lost their legs and their life changed forever. Once again big business and lawyers against one single helpless person. It happens,a lot, and not just British rail but any big business. It gets my goat.

 

[equationgirl]

Equationgirl is correct, this was before. But equally at that point British rail or whatever they are now, brought pressure on employees to lie and tried to make customers out as liars. That person lost their legs and their life changed forever. Once again big business and lawyers against one single helpless person. It happens,a lot, and not just British rail but any big business. It gets my goat.

Yes, but not 100% relevant an incident to this one. No-one has been accused of lying for a start.

 

[existentialist]

Equationgirl is correct, this was before. But equally at that point British rail or whatever they are now, brought pressure on employees to lie and tried to make customers out as liars. That person lost their legs and their life changed forever. Once again big business and lawyers against one single helpless person. It happens,a lot, and not just British rail but any big business. It gets my goat.

And now we've established that it's also got nothing to do with this thread, perhaps we could leave it there, because I think that the question of overworked railway workers and lax safety procedures is too important to be detracted from by general ramblings about passenger accidents.