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From what I understand, money in funding the 4 day week was not a problem, LU will try and get it back from productivity. To this end if some drivers do not want a longer working day, or alterations to spare arrangements, then they will never get a reduction in the working week. The railway...

Well said. There is a lot of hypocrisy around the yellow line. Operators do not care until something happens and then it will be the drivers fault.

Completely different, and with all due respect, do you think at this stage you are the first to think of it? Signals are sequential, and are cleared in order, so in theory you could have a signal that was previously a “proceed” aspect now having to go to a more restrictive one, never mind we...

The t&c’s amalgamation at GNR will be fascinating to see

Ticket offices should be growing instead of declining, the savings are not for the betterment of the public, and limits their choices drastically. Let’s see what happens under GBR

This is correct, if people behaved better, you would get fewer announcements.

That should be the goal, everyone on the same t&c’s with Sundays inside and the TOCs paying the right amount for it.

Then well done, that is a magic trick getting 100+50% as t&c.

Agreed on involuntary, but on RDW I have been at GWR and now SWR, and RDW rates have been dropped before coming back years later. Every TOC hates them, which is why they are not t&c’s. I can see ASLEF trying to put them back in, but you would have to sell something, to get in there.

RPI plus a 100+50% as a t&c? What were they looking for? They did not sell anything back?

Enhanced rates at SWR are in place but as a RDW agreement. For it to be a condition is shocking. Means it can never change unless some silly sod sells it! Seems they were on flat rate previously, quite surprising they managed to get it as a t&c, unless they sold some productivity back

Unions will always favour more drivers, must be DFT who will not carry the code of more drivers

I agree numbers are bigger in different departments, but I think in projected cost this is huge. No other operator has it as a T&C, highest is 1+25% It must be millions in costs.

That is a first then. GBR better get ready to match that You get it as part of Freeday agreement, which comes and goes, not as a permanent condition

There is conflicting information, is it part of a free day agreement or a T&C?