Certainly not allowed.
However I would be very surprised if what you saw was a hi-fi thingy. If you
let me know the date and time I will follow it up. It will be visible on
CCTV and the drivers arent going to risk it...for Job and safety reasons.

Mal

"James Christie" wrote in message
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In message , Kevin Rayner
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Are underground train drivers allowed to use personal hi fi's, the driver
(if that is the correct term) on the Victoria line this evening was. They
will want the first carriage left empty for a quick game of squash
between
stations next, if Bob Crow gets his way.
Anybody prepared to quote the regulations on this.

Kevin


Aren't the sheds (the GBrf/Freightliner ones) equipped with FM radios
that the driver listens to through earphones, but any alarms (TPWS, etc)
interrupt the sound so he doesn't miss anything. Or is my memory playing
tricks?
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In article ,
(Kevin Rayner) wrote:

Are underground train drivers allowed to use personal hi fi's, the
driver
(if that is the correct term) on the Victoria line this evening was.
They
will want the first carriage left empty for a quick game of squash
between
stations next, if Bob Crow gets his way.
Anybody prepared to quote the regulations on this.

Kevin



Currently not that I'm aware of. However there was going to be a trial on
another line where where you could use a personal CD (or whatever) using
special headphones provided, but I don't think it went ahead.

Roger
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please e-mail me again. Ta!)

In article
"Ian Harding" writes:

Kevin wrote:
It was the two wires dangling down from his ears that gave the game
away.

Some ear plugs come attached to wires/strings. Presumably to stop them
being lost or inadvertently dropped on the floor while putting them in
or taking them out.

And various ear-protectors are basically headphone bodies with a block
of foam where the electrics would otherwise go so we can possibly look
forward to a report of a driver allegedly wearing a set of Sennheisers.
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Personal hifi's what?

The answer is, no they are not allowed to use personal hifis (or mobile
phones for that matter).


mobile *'*phones, surely?

Ian
(who disagrees with Lynne Truss on this issue!)

The hyphenated may become one eg headmaster, through common usage;
surely the same applies to this form of apostrophe.

When was the last time you saw a 'bus?

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Roger H. Bennett wrote to uk.transport.london on Fri, 24 Sep 2004:


"Nick H (UK)" wrote in message
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Is a newspaper PPE?

Only when used to cover the face !-)

Or if there's a wasp in the cab ;-)


Or if they tear off small bits to screw up and put in their ears :-)

Or roll up tightly and use as a weapon to fend of irate passengers ;-)

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On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 17:59:39 +0100, Ian Harding
wrote:


It was the two wires dangling down from his ears that gave the game
away.

Some ear plugs come attached to wires/strings. Presumably to stop them
being lost or inadvertently dropped on the floor while putting them in
or taking them out.


If he was wearing these then he would have nothing to worry about then