Sick of train driver just passing me

[gypsytrampandthief]

Twice this week the driver "hasn't seen me" (despite today standing as close to the track as is reasonably safe and waving) Yesterday morning he didn't stop and I drove to the next station, passing the train, and got to the platform where he had pulled in for a group of teenage female students going to college. I was so furious I spoke to the ticket inspector and explained that this is the second time the driver has gone right by me. For complete transparency, the first time I was looking at my phone and late to wave, but ffs, why else would anyone be standing on an empty platform at 7.10 in the morning! Yesterday I was 100% looking up and arm out.

AIBU to think that a dumpy middle aged woman is not as "visible" as a teenage student?

I think (particularly by this stage in a thread you've clearly not read) that the OP can be trusted to know the score at her local station.

The method of work at my employer is that trains should do 15mph through request stops. The LED displays on the platform state that passengers should signal clearly to the driver. In other words you stick your arm out as you would for a bus.

OP, perhaps wear something retroreflective (I don't mean fluorescent) to be picked up in the train's headlights, assuming that it was dark at the time. The station should be well-lit in this day and age though.

I know these types of stations as Halts; our local station used to be one until 1970, after which it became a scheduled stop. Does that make me very old?

Very worrying that a train driver is paying so little attention that they miss a person waving them to stop in a place where people are expected to wave at them to stop. What else are they missing that they should be aware of?

There's only one left with "halt" in its official title, the charmingly-named St Keyne Wishing Well Halt in Cornwall.

YANBU, it’s part of the train driver’s job to check the platform as he approaches it, you shouldn’t have to do anything other than raise your arm.

The number of people telling you that you’re wrong about how your local train works is absolutely hilarious. (Although I do admit I was startled the first time I encountered a train request stop in UK.)

Oh good god I love this! I didn’t know these stations still existed but I’m so happy they do!

thanks for posting the links @DdraigGoch Ive been down a real rabbit hole with them!

as for people saying “nope, this doesn’t happen because I’ve never seen it”, w must live in such joyless places where learning new things triggers an immediate “nope” in your mind.

I don't even live in the UK, but I really want to go visit this train station - just for the name alone 😍

There are plenty of remote/rural stations where the train only stops upon the driver being given a clear hand signal.

https://www.countryfile.com/go-outdoors/days-out/britains-best-request-stop-train-stations/