Only after 8PM...
Until then there may be someone onboard, there may not! Apparently the 'there will be someone rostered to every train after 8PM' idea is to give peace of mind in case of trouble.
Because crime only happens after 8PM apparently(!) Funnily enough, the times I've seen guards/BTP have to intervene (either due to ill passengers or disorder) have almost exclusively been during the day...
Merseytravel intend to employ around 60 Customer Service staff to work onboard-yet there are currently just under 200 guards. They cannot POSSIBLY cover every train, though their propoganda conveniently fails to mention that...
So yes, someone is indeed being economical with the truth!
I think that's the point...
All the stations are staffed, and the busy stations will have dispatchers, so there isn't any need for staff onboard every train.
The Munich S-bahn (basically Merseyrail with more lines) is perfectly safe, so I don't see any reason why DOO won't work on Merseyrail.
If you believe RMT propaganda, trains at home (Thames Valley) are unsafe, and I will be mugged and dragged along the platform on every train.
Which in actual fact I feel perfectly safe on them.
Sorry for the rant, but RMTs position on 'safety' really annoys me because it has no relevance to the Merseyrail dispute.
Anyway it's not their job to say what's safe and what isn't, it's the ORR and RSSB that do that.
If the RMT were honest, and said the dispute was about protecting jobs rather than 'safety' then they would get more support.