fgwrich
Established Member
The whole set up is at the heart of the matter, minimal time at outstations overnight, diagrams that keep units in the WC for an extended time, making it difficult to get them back to a main depot if they have a repair that needs doing. The contracts that make use of units across the board nigh on impossible.
It’s not the staff on the ground or in control, be they GWR or Hitachi that are to blame, they are doing their best to manage a set of contracts that were ill thought out from the off.
I do agree, Perhaps it would help the situation a little better having a Hitachi depot down there, or Hitachi & Agility allowing GW a little more freedom over their fleets.