Talk:Cannon Street station rail crash

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Other rail incidents nearby

This section repeats the footer of the article. MRSC 13:23, 23 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Eltham reference

As it stands, the article says "[intoxication was a] secondary cause of the Eltham Well Hall rail crash". I'm not sure about that "secondary". In current RAIB terminology, the overspeed was the "immediate cause", the intoxication was a "causal factor", and the booking-on procedure was a "contributory factor" - in the original report, the overspeed was described as the "immediate cause" of the accident (para 95), the intoxication as the "sole cause" of the overspeed (para 110), and the booking-on procedure as "unsatisfactory" (para 133) [1]. Would there be any objection if I changed "secondary cause" to "main cause" (or "a causal factor in", if "main cause" isn't acceptable)? Tevildo (talk) 23:54, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently not. "Main cause" it is. Tevildo (talk) 22:27, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What does "booking-on" mean?

The last bullet point under "Inquiry" states "Arrangements for the booking-on of staff should be reviewed"

I've tried looking it up but can't find a definition anywhere, I'm not sure if this means hiring staff, arresting staff, or something completely different or subtle. StarkRG (talk) 04:29, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Booking on is the procedure where staff report for duty at the time their shift is timed to begin for payment/hours worked purposes. Sometimes, this happens remotely - ie. by reporting to the manager at their nearest depot (or by phone to the depot from the station from where they need to travel from). This usually happens when a driver has to travel to pick up the train for their first actual run of the shift. Plutonium27 (talk) 04:33, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]