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It's not a non-story for those passengers who can't access the discounts they have paid for when buying a Railcard! Given the likelihood of downward pressure on staff numbers, this instruction does seem very short term thinking on the part of RMT. Station staff helping passengers to get their...

I have no problem with RMT telling members not to do anything that isn't in their job description. I do have a problem with TfL making it very difficult for passengers to obtain the discounts they are entitled to and have paid for when purchasing their Railcard. Perhaps the useless Seb Dance...

That would lead to a Go Ahead monopoly. In my experience, for all First's faults, in Cornwall they are better than Go, who are pretty dire.

I bet they didn't fetch what they paid for them........

Agree with all that you say. Part of the issue is that some of the JC buses are also used on school and college services in the winter. The JC routes are very hard on vehicles and unavailability is common. So do you brand too many, and accept they will appear on other routes, or do you put up...

Given DfT attitude to spending money on the railway, I'd be surprised if this work is being done unless ASLEF are demanding it. Except maybe the seat which is fair enough.

Bus drivers seem to manage OK to drive older buses as well as newer buses, made by different manufacturers with switches in different places, in different stints on the same day By all means replace the driver's seat with something better but I fail to see why significant cab alterations should...

Not much of an advert for Burnham's brave new world is it. If these routes were still being run by Stagecoach he'd be shouting from the roof tops!

Thanks for confirming what I suspected. The great unknown is how much public money will have been spent on this whole exercise (over and above what TfGM were paying the previous operators in terms of subsidy for non-commercial routes); only then will we be able to judge whether we got value...

Omnishambles. Who is paying First to run these services, I wonder. Metroline or TfGM?

Obviously we don't have access to the same financials as the First management but I am surprised that the Weymouth open top routes are thought more viable than the Lands End coaster.

Very true. As far as I know only Portsmouth has a Clean Air Zone in the South operating area. Farlington is almost entirely Euro 6 but as Chichester no longer operate to Pompey, their fleet doesn't need to be Euro 6. As you say, a benefit on paper. What those 08 plate E400 actually chuck out of...

Agreed. The surviving Tridents are the better examples in the fleet; the dogs have long since been disposed of. Based on the history of the 190xx cascades from Manchester, albeit some years ago, I have doubts about whether all of the recent cascades will prove better than the existing 18xxx...

More doubles than usual on the 23 because First Hoeford depot was on strike, apparently. Re the cascades from Manchester, I suspect we must wait and see what arrives. May simply be down to which buses are fit to travel. I believe 5 16 plate MMCs are expected; the rest should be 08 plate...

Whilst I agree this is good news, I can't actually see that the Government has done anything to try to claim credit for, in this commercial deal between First and Hitachi. Am I missing something?

Indeed this exact situation was predicted by many, no doubt including some at DfT. The SoS chose to ignore these warnings. Not a good start to her term in office, but no doubt No 10 gave her encouragement to settle the dispute quickly.

Thanks for the link which I have read. What I can't find is a full list by county council. Can anyone help?

Some short term engineering challenges anticipated with that fleet!