Unlikely, the HH side in the South exclusively use 66sMaybe some work finally for the stored 70s at Leeds?
Yes, very much soIs Freightliner still split Heavy Haul and Intermodal? I thought they were abolished and are using there locos as a common user
Wouldn't the new operator continue to use the Mendip 59s?Maybe some work finally for the stored 70s at Leeds?
Yes hence not that many Locos requiredWouldn't the new operator continue to use the Mendip 59s?
I was told this week that DB Cargo have lost the contract and work will pass to Freightliner.
Can anyone confirm or add to this?
I was under the impression that the contract went to GBRF....
Surely the best option is redundancy, with payoff, and then straight to the next door office and sign on with the new company. But maybe TUPE will be invoked.I heard rumours they annoyed some important people which lose then the opportunity.
I really hope the crew at the effected depots are redeployed, and don’t face redundancy.
No idea how HH are going to resource the work unless they TUPE the current DB staff.
Which in reality on the railway anyway rarely makes any difference as companies can’t then just decide single handily to impose changes without almost inevitably triggering some form of industrial action. I’ve worked alongside people on different pay & conditions for around 10-20 yearsYou keep your T&Cs for the first year.
That doesn't usually apply on the railway thankfully.You keep your T&Cs for the first year.
That doesn't usually apply on the railway thankfully.
It's just something that we have seen particularly on the passenger side of the railways over the years. Under BR we used to rub our hands together at the thought of redundancy as it often led to a better paying job through overtime (officially we where not supposed to get promotion through redundancy) & also through redundancy travel. As I went from office hours to shifts & lived 20 miles away I was getting as much as £66pw enhancements for the latter way back in 94.Why not? You can't have 50 staff on better t&c than the existing staff.... Not for long anyway
Try telling the TOCs that.Why not? You can't have 50 staff on better t&c than the existing staff.... Not for long anyway
Exactly mate. We have drivers on 90% salary working in platform & other roles for years & years. It's just something that happens.Try telling the TOCs that.
Didn't know that - I've only ever seen the Ford vans in ADJ waiting to go to Dagenham. Another nail in their coffinThe Bridgend Ford went over to Colas about a year ago, purely because DBC didn't want it any more.
Going to need more than 8 59s to run Mendip trains.
More motive power will be needed.