Depends which operator of course as some choose to cull the service quite severely well in excess of what needs o/t to cover for ease of planning. Those operators should now have a contingency tt that can be resourced against establishment as its clear there is going to be no movement from either side in short term. I also doubt Labour, should they be elected, will move this forward very far other than sitting round the table they need money for NHS first.
It's cheaper for drivers and less dangerous to wait for a change of Govt rather than go for an all out strike.
which is why all operators should reset their timetables to deliver within known establishments and not rely upon o/t or RDW. So be it if the timetables become erratic intervals during the day at least the maximum service thats can be achieved will be delivered unlike GTR where they have a blanket 50% or more cut across the board irrespective of depot establishment.
The operators don't care they just send the bill in to the DfT there are under no obligation to ensure resources are used effectively
Today's service looks remarkably similar to what TPEs passengers have experienced for the past 18 months. Does that make it a "near-normal" service?
Its inconveniencing passengers but not stopping them going about their business and most Tory MPs will have long given up worrying about what their constituents think now. To my mind until the Treasury accepts that loss of income is more than cost of settlement this dispute will roll on and on and on. So if i were DfT are would be instructing operators to provide a service that utilises actual driver resources and forget all RDW and o/t. Yes that will result in slimmed timetables on some routes but at least operators will be providing the best service they can and should more resources become available reinstate services.It aint going happen of course as pretty convinced Torys are in scorched earth mode now the worse they can make things the less chance Labour, should they get in, have any chance of fixing it.
I didn't single TPE out because they are worse than any other TOC. The reason why I use TPE as an example is because my commute is on TPE.
Sadly not enough to WFH. Just a minor inconvenience. Prefer full day strikes personally.
Especially with the current government wanna-be party. I have very little faith that they will be able to do anything to turn things around on the network.
Think most commuters were wise to it as stations and car parks on the southern end of the WCML were even quieter than a normal Monday morning this morning. Hardly an inconvenience to have an extra day at home/working from home. Over 95% of the normal advertised services are running normally on WMT/LNR today.
The latest "ban" is for the week before....17th to 22nd.
Do you think it is likely they will strike on the 28th or continue with the overtime ban?
You won't get stuck there. GWR have run most of their services in the area today.
Thank you - good to know. I think XC having already cancelled one of their services past Bristol (that I wanted to get of course ahaha) made me a bit nervous, but it should be ok.
Exactly, The government have already admitted that strikes are costing more money than settling the dispute. Therefore a new government has an incentive to sort this quickly rather than carry on.
