The issues with Sunday being outside the working week predate Northern coming into existence in 2005. First North Western and North Western Trains used to have issues with it, especially in the summer holidays and around Christmas, and that was more than twenty years ago. Northern has existed for 21 years and they've not been able to harmonise conditions between the east, north east, and west.
Yes this is something GBR are not going to be able to do much about either as these employment contracts just like the leasing companies are now too far gone to change easily without great expense.
The Bradford to Huddersfield service hasn't been operating, and won't be operating any time soon, because of TRU works. Even if it was, on many weekends the route between Bradley Junction and Marsden through Huddersfield has had bus replacement.
Best of luck with getting that through
If there's no money to give the guards a fair wage to come in on their day off, there certainly ain't billions to spend upgrading the infrastructure to the spec required for DOO!
Yes, but good luck getting that through. They can’t even manage it for a brand new railway in the south east!
It’s quite a bit more complicated than that, although obviously a bigger cheque will make more of the non-pay grievances magically disappear.
Deep down it's really not. If guards had been offered the same incentives as drivers to work Sundays the jobs would be have covered far more consistently.
It sounded more like a rant than a rational comment.
Which would be the case (sadly) for further strike action.
No one should be needed to come in on their day off except in emergency / unforeseen situations
The idea of a TPE unit slowing down at Moss Side to pick up pax has amused me somewhat!Just give sundays to TPE and problem may be solved
No idea where they would go to/from like but hey its a start
Would be a sight to be believed
I wouldn’t count on it. TPE Sundays could be about to get as messy as (if not worse than) Northern…Just give sundays to TPE and problem may be solved
Think that may have been the previous one. I do enjoy this line - we use it sometimes when we visit blackpool instead of north as we use the pleasure beach once or twice so its much better than getting a tram back down
I'm curious to know whether return tickets allow outward travel to one of the two Blackpool stations and return from the other?
Officially no, unofficially, maybe, if the return is via Blackpool Sth.
Thanks. I'll stick to the official line.
There is no such rule unfortunately.
Is there not an 'all stations' ticket?
The non platform lines at Kirkham were taken out when the junction was remodeled & the 3rd platform built when it was wired up.
No there isn't
