Thanks. I might have been misreading the NRE journey planner as there are a few later connections available with open access operators
Yes, they seem to exist only in the morning
No Trains run on the Northern service via Barnsley on Strike days. Best way to get to Barnsley from Sheffield on Strike days is the Stagecoach Gold X17 from Sheffield Interchange B platform to Barnsley, takes just under an hour. If going from Barnsley to Wakefield then the hourly Stagecoach 59 or Globe Holidays 96 are your options.
Well, yes and no. Most TOCs have generally bid the same timetable as they've run since the first RMT strike - despite the signallers no longer being on strike. It's difficult to imagine that despite months of strikes, i.e. opportunities to train contingency staff, the constraint on the timetable TOCs can run is really still the availability of such staff.
LNER website has the strike timetables showing and has done for a few days, their journey planner also correctly what will run to Wakefield.
i think shunters/supervisors at most of the GN depots n sidings are RMT and theres only enough contingency to open so me of the sites on 12 hour shifts 7am-7pm
It might explain a reduced service, but it doesn't justify running only between 07:30 and 18:30. Not all GN/TL units start or end their day at RMT-staffed depots - some use depots that are Siemens-staffed, others outstable. A reduced service could therefore still be provided if there were the will.
There are several services running past 18:30. The last Cambridge departure from Kings Cross is 20:02, Bedford from St Pancras is 20:49, Brighton from Victoria is 20:50, Three Bridges from London Bridge 21:05 and East Grinstead from Victoria 20:44. It's unclear what the constraints might be on extending these further, but some effort has gone into extending services post the signaller strikes.
Although Clacton, Fxst, Yarmouth & Harwich are not DOO, and will have a near normal service.
Not all the Thameslink units even end their day at a depot, let alone a RMT-staffed one, given they run through the night normally.
Not with Thameslink who are throwing in the towel on services via Redhill at 1830 despite they are now driver despatch. Also despite drivers are on o/t ban that day as well somehow they can run the 4tph service that they can't do on the other days this week
Are they not affected by station staff? Do the stations need to be staffed etc for TL to call at stations?Not with Thameslink who are throwing in the towel on services via Redhill at 1830 despite they are now driver despatch. Also despite drivers are on o/t ban that day as well somehow they can run the 4tph service that they can't do on the other days this week
Only Redhill is staffed but Thameslink self despatch. Anyhow so whilst Redhill is main station on route Merstham and Earlswood are close enough to Redhill to act as an alternative so they could have maintained a service via the route but GTR really can't be bothered to try very hard on strike/work to rule days compared to many other TOCs. Thameslink website information is very poor as well this week i only found out the info as my local ticket office staff have put out a whiteboard at the station warning passengers last service from London is at 1746. The poster just tells you to refer to National Rail which unless you put a specific journey into the planner you wont realise the early closure.
Why does this 'can't be bothered' trope have to be used all the time? Is there evidence they can't be bothered, or is there actually another reason?
