Recent content by Barnsey

As of last week, we're pretty much back to our long term average sickness levels for drivers. Very little to no mention at all of covid now.

One long term trend to think about is manufacturing reshoring well underway, we're going to be importing a heck of a lot less stuff going forward, so a move to domestic movement of freight away from ports will play a part.

That would explain the divide in recovery of peak traffic, SE having much higher season ticket prices plus a greater proportion of season ticket holders in employment better suited to WFH, double whammy. Reassuringly in our regions, commuting traffic really has picked up well. I just wish this...

Thank you, so we're not losing our minds!

Appreciate all the well informed replies, I suppose my post was in some ways perversely to trigger, but it confirms my belief that the short termist GBR narrative leading up to all these strikes must not be derailed in any way by the strong recovery we're seeing across most TOCS outside of the...

Was having a good old rant with a fellow railway colleague about another work email stating that WFH is here to stay, passenger numbers are still way down, things have changed forever which is why we have to push through all these reforms, adapt, and can't offer a payrise. If this trend really...

Trying to confirm the latest T&Cs, any confirmation/clarification/expansion would be greatly appreciated! I take it these are standardised across all depots? 4 day week, max 10 hr turn, sundays part of the week, 31 days annual leave (5 weeks allocated and 11 floating), residential travel...

Thanks ValentaFan!

I was hoping that to be case! Just curious as to why they don't mention Final Salary at all when other (non Arriva) TOCs make a song and dance about it.

Finding it rather difficult to determine whether CrossCountry (and other DB-Arriva UK TOCs) have a final salary pension scheme, or has this long gone for new drivers? Very sparse info on the recruitment website, and RPMI unable to confirm. Any info would be greatly appreciated as to move away...

That's half the battle, knowing which depots are considered "friendlier" than others, but it's all very subjective. From what I've seen as a driver visiting a wide variety of depots on the network, trying to figure out the work content is the crucial part, many of the other details are much the...

Thanks for posting that, pretty much the same as my current TOC. Quite consistent start/finish times which helps, especially with avoiding rush hour. I take it Preston is quite similar?