Recent content by kw12

Why were trains not affected until today (instead of from yesterday afternoon)?

At Manchester Piccadilly on Wednesday evening the gates for the low numbered platforms were all wide open. I and many other passengers boarded the train in platform 2 which was displayed on the station's passenger information screens, on the train itself and on RTT as 20.33 to Hadfield...

An offer was made on Wednesday or before 09.14 Thursday, when post #13 was posted which stated, inter alia, that it would not be known until Friday whether the strike would go ahead. Was there then another offer?

The revised offer was actually made by 09.14 on Thursday, as can be seen from post #13.

To illustrate this, consider a bargaining unit with four unions, where the largest three unions accept a pay award and the smallest union does not. If the bargaining unit was setup as a "majority of unions" unit then the pay award is accepted. If the unit is an "all unions must accept"...

There is no such law. When a bargaining unit is created it is specified how that unit's pay award decisions are to be decided. A bargaining unit may specify that each pay award needs to be agreed by all of the unit's unions. Where this applies the pay award is not paid to any staff until all...

I don't know which train the OP has in mind but a similar scenario exists with 04.23 Swanley to Victoria. In this example the Off-Peak Single has the restriction code PW while the Off-Peak Return has the PX code.

They did when Night Tube was introduced but that ceased around five years ago, with all drivers now working Night Tube services a few times a year.

I am on the 05.36 from Southport with the leading unit (777018) displaying "Liverpool Central" but the other unit (777017) showing "Not in Service". The two units on the 05.51 departure from Southport also showed different information, but this time it was the leading unit (777007) whose PIS...

As you are probably aware, if full breakfast is available it will only be for those travelling First Class, so you would need to upgrade to First Class, via a supplement payable on the train.

Does Network Rail obtain financial recovery for bridge strikes? If so, does the amount recovered include anything relating to the disruption caused, eg the Schedule 8 payments? Or are any amounts recovered solely for direct costs inspecting and repairing any physical damage to the bridge?

The number of eligible drivers who did not vote means that though the majority (57.9%) of those who voted did not want the deal, only a minority (46.7%) of eligible drivers voted against it.

The Night Tube strikes were solely by RMT drivers, though those strikes applied only during the hours that Night Tube operates. Services continued running on most sections of the Night Tube network, but at lower frequencies than normal.

So are there enough drivers trained to use SDO? If not, when are there expected to be enough SDO trained drivers? If there are (or soon will be) sufficient SDO trained drivers, what needs to be done before SDO can start to be used? Is ORR permission required? If so, has it been sought? If...

In 2022 RMT drivers held a series of strikes about Night Tube. The strikes were solely during Night Tube operating hours. ASLEF drivers worked as normal during those strikes, with trains running on most Night Tube routes, at a lower frequency than normal, The frequency reductions varied from...