Great_Western 2020 Manual operations are done usually on weekends during quiet periods in open sections only. The line controllers aren’t keen on T/O’s operating manually in tunnel sections as it buggers up the timetables. Again, manual can be done in instances of adverse weather, especially rain as the 92’s don’t perform brilliantly in the wet when coming into stations.
Hehe, I’m returning to London in exactly a month from now, honestly the nostalgia makes me ignore anything that’s wrong(I absolutely don’t see anything wrong istg)