Surely if the TOCs didn't plan for large amounts of overtime and rdw just to run the timetable, the cuts they are making now would be less severe. The staff establishment should be enough to run the timetable and provide cover for planned holidays and a certain level of absence through sickness (but not pandemics).The arrival via Castleford departs back to Knottingley via Castleford, so the majority of these services use platform 17. There is a Saturday all day diagram (the one which is partly removed come January) and a couple of afternoon services which are booked 4 carriages so use platform 15 instead
Completely agree - it's clear many industries are et for a tough tart to 2022 with staff illness and isolations, so planning on the basis of higher than usual sickness is wise. However, every effort should be maintained to keep capacity as close as possible to the planned December 2021 timetable - 2 carriage trains on a reduced timetable really need to be a last resort. Earlier this year when things started to reopen the Calder Valley route retained 1 train per hour between Leeds and Halifax and the amount of times it was a rammed 2 car 195 was unbelievable, so I have little confidence the freed up units will be redeployed