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company has pledged to reduce the number of on-board proclamations after research indicated as much as 40 per cent of content is not felt to be useful or relevant, and that half of passengers had psychologically trained themselves to tune out. FGW has revamped its announcement guide for employees, which general manager west, David Chrome, says is now free of ‘all the tosh - the redundant, the irrelevant and the repetitive’. Chrome admitted though, ‘some of our colleagues have been saying the same thing for 20 years - it may take a little while for them to change their habits.’
Stagecoach in top percentile for carbon reduction Stagecoach Group is among the top ten per cent of companies in the UK for its performance in reducing carbon emissions according to the government’s Carbon Reduction Commitment scheme.
The company cut CO2 from its operations by 10 per cent in 2011- 12 compared to the previous year. The reduction was nearly double the average achieved by the infrastructure, utilities and telecoms sector as a whole.
ATOC improves website for disabled ATOC has expanded and renamed its successful Rail Travel Made Easy website, adding more information and advice on rail travel for the increasing numbers of disabled people travelling by train. The revamped site, now called Rail Accessibility - Rail Travel Made Easy, was launched by Transport Minister Norman Baker.
Stay awake for fatigue management awards Companies are being encouraged to enter their projects to the IOSH Railway Group Award 2013 for Fatigue Management. Nominations are open
British Transport Police launch first non-emergency number
Passengers across the south west can now report incidents to police via text, following the launch of a new non-emergency text number by the BTP. The new text short code - 61016 - will give passengers an additional tool to report low-level incidents in real time wherever there is a mobile phone signal. By creating a text capability, BTP hopes passengers will be more
likely to report incidents such as anti-social behaviour, giving police a better understanding of the nature, number, time and location of incidents which would previously have gone unreported. BTP’s sector commander for the south west, chief inspector Paul Richards, said: ‘Low level anti-social behaviour, which we know occurs on trains often later at night and when people have been drinking, is undoubtedly under-reported.
‘Passengers tend to accept or ignore the minority who make journeys unpleasant for everyone else. We hope that the ease of being able to send a quick text message will encourage more passengers to report incidents when they occur. By building up a more accurate picture we can better focus our resources.’ The 61016 number
will be monitored 24/7 and BTP will respond if required.
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now to September. Chair Martin Leeks said: ‘We need a culture change where long working hours are seen as a hazard.’ IOSH wants to see the rail industry follow airlines’ example, where pilot’s hours have been reduced in favour of ensuring they are fit for work. To enter go to
www.iosh.co.uk
Crossrail stations become art galleries Crossrail has plans for its stations to become art galleries showcasing large-scale artworks by some of the world’s most renowned artists and ‘representing the largest collaborative art commissioning process in a generation’ says the company. The permanent line-wide across
eight of its new central and east London stations, titled The Culture Line, will ‘create a cultural experience’ for passengers and is part of a wider focus to regenerate areas within and around the new stations.
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