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And RMT are doing brilliantly by criticising Chris Graylings statement that changing the Fare Rise inflation rate, to be cheaper for passengers, is a bad thing...
One other factor, I once worked for a company that were doing a full uniform update, luckily for me I was in the first department
Why was it lucky?
Well in all the shiny bells and whistles of the new uniform we were promised a high service quality from the manufacturer, in which they came to our...
I think you are being picky for the sake of it, Common sense suggests that TOC's that put in policy that a wistle during dispatch is mandatory, is to be applied, when the train is being dispatched by a Guard / Platform Staff. This will be a seperate policy to the dispatch procedure when the...
or another way of looking at it, if maintained by the operator, its like putting the chef and waiter in charge of the maintenance of the kitchen equipment
if you look on the map view, not satellite view, you would be quite correct that it appears to avoid buildings
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.7307369,-1.1562028,17.39z
Now from experience (and I book a lot of travel Southampton Central to London Terminals) and it can be easy to be drawn to the cheaper fare for the Victoria Train, if the restriction is Southern Only the average Joe may not realise that refers to the TOC...
granted they have rephrased it now to...
My initial thought of the whole situation, a whistle is a sharp high pitched sound - High pitch means the sound doesn't travel as far but you can identify the direction of the source. When a whistle is blown on a platform, you have a reasonable idea of where there signal is being made, and you...
Cheap - but a blimmin' misearable experience, with only one staff member (who gets a healthy hourly wage) on a zero hours contract running between Ticket office, guard role, and driver. You'll find the basics wear out too quickly than they should.
And you would hope a reasonable union, would asked the employer to restart hearings, etc. following the procedure rather than what is perceived as unions getting people off on 'technicalities'
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