of course they will, they said pretty much they would in their manifesto..I sense this too
and great british public (once again) voted for it
of course they will, they said pretty much they would in their manifesto..I sense this too
There's a definite undertone, if you read it all, of "we'll put the anti-strike law in place and then it'll be DOO for breakfast, lunch and dinner".
I sense this too
The signalling around there is fairly modern, last renewed around 15 years ago. The high quantity of cabling involved with the particular unusual technology chosen may be proving difficult to maintain effectively now however. Only Bournemouth and Portsmouth were ever equipped with that particular type of Siemens signalling control equipment in the UK, after which they lost their framework contract mainly through their poor performance on delivery of Portsmouth I suspect. Siemens reappeared in the UK market a few years later however when they purchased the rail control businesses from Invensys, which included the old Westinghouse signalling organisation based at Chippenham, and by then also incorporating the former BR design and integration teams of SCUK, one of the businesses carved out of Central Services at the time of privatisation and having project offices around the country. Siemens now offers main line signalling in UK using SSI family products with distributed input/output modules that utilise far less cabling.They have located the cable at fault, so I suspect there will be a resolution.
Well assuming that OLR would have their strings pulled to the same tune as SWR by the DfT I would expect nothing to change.If, having destroyed the franchise, would RMT stop their regular strikes if the company was nationalised?
Dopes weren’t they?of course they will, they said pretty much they would in their manifesto..
and great british public (once again) voted for it
If, having destroyed the franchise, would RMT stop their regular strikes if the company was nationalised?
To be fair, most of the issues are network rail related and the aging infrastructure. So it doesnt matter who's in charge as the issues will still remain. Far too many trains run on the surburban line, it's every 3-4 mins. Even other networks such as tfl rail and c2c don't run every 3 mins even during peak!
It also didn't help when they moved their control from Waterloo to Basingstoke and the decisions from control are baffling to be honest.
Even other networks such as tfl rail and c2c don't run every 3 mins even during peak!
Difficult to say as generally private rail companies are tougher and less likely to give in to the unions. The Department for Transport wants Driver Only Operation however I think a state-owned operator may have given in by now.
Too many trains by what measure? That sounds like something an infrastructure manager would say without any regard to the need to transport an ever growing number of customers.
I agree moving Control to Basingstoke was a baffling choice.
Between 1700 and 1800
Departures from Fenchurch Street - two track railway from Limehouse to Barking - 1701, 1704, 1707, 1710, 1713, 1716, 1719, 1722, 1725, 1728, 1731, 1734, 1737, 1740, 1743, 1746, 1752, 1755, 1758 - that is pretty close to a train every three minutes
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/detailed/FST/2020-01-22/1700-1800?stp=WVS&show=all&order=wtt
Departures from Waterloo on the suburban side - 1703, 1706, 1709, 1712, 1717, 1720, 1724, 1727, 1733, 1736, 1739, 1742, 1747, 1750, 1754, 1757 - three, four and five minute gaps
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/se...20-01-22/1700-1800?stp=WVS&show=all&order=wtt
Departures from Liverpool Street on the electric lines - 1700, 1707, 1710, 1717, 1720, 1727, 1730, 1736, 1739, 1742, 1746, 1749, 1752, 1756, 1800 - a clear step up to three / four minute gaps between 1736 and 1800.
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/se...2/1700-1800?stp=WVS&show=all&order=wtt&toc=XR
Nothing special about the departure frequency from Waterloo relative to other routes.
To be fair, most of the issues are network rail related and the aging infrastructure. So it doesnt matter who's in charge as the issues will still remain. Far too many trains run on the surburban line, it's every 3-4 mins. Even other networks such as tfl rail and c2c don't run every 3 mins even during peak!.
of course they will, they said pretty much they would in their manifesto...and great british public (once again) voted for it
The RMT won’t feel they have won when SWT get a direct award with no revenue risk and an instruction to push through DOO whatever. Five year term for Boris so get it done and running again before the next election.They've failed to meet most of their other commitments though. (OK, the Desiro refurbs are finished at last, but around a year late).
I imagine the business driven away by the endless guards strikes is a significant part of the problem, so the RMT may feel they've "won" in possibly breaking another franchise. Long term, it may look different though.
As state-owned operator can afford to basically sit out a strike until it cripples a union to get what it wants.
Moving on, your comparisons to other operators are quite enlightening and show, on the face of it, no excuse for offering such poor punctuality.
The Office of Rail and Road criticised Network Rail for problems in the north. Are those worse than in the SWR region as I'm not aware of them critising Network Rail for this area, unless they already did so previously?
The position is completely the opposite. As state-owned operator can afford to basically sit out a strike until it cripples a union to get what it wants.
As the franchise programme seems to be imploding (on the current model), DfT will be able to re-shape the railway significantly this year (if they have the vision).
It's also odd that of the First Group franchises, TPE and SWR are deep in the mire, while GWR is likely to get a 3rd direct award, and WCP has yet to show its hand.
There doesn't appear to be a consistent management style across the piece.
I'd forgotten about that report. Perhaps because it doesn't feel like anything has changed since it was written. Things may have happened behind the scenes though and change isn't going to happen overnight.The ORR did a review of South Western performance as recently as July 2018. See Review of Network Rail's performance delivery to South Western Railway services
Not sure if the initial part of my reply should go here, in a new thread or one of the existing other ones.A suburban service with reliable infrastructure and modern high performjatrains should be able to run at 3 minute peak headways, provided the train, intermediate station platform design and despatch method can deliver a dwell time of 60s or better. The peak headway on the main line slows hasn't actually changed in the past few years. What has (as you say) is the reliability of the infrastructure and (probably) the motivation of the TOC staff.
I chose not to vote Conservative in the past due to my then local MPs views on trains running without guards. I may be in a minority though but it goes to show this issue divides people.I doubt that many people made up their minds which way to vote because of that particular issue. But it's disappointing that there's very little mention of passengers in the posts on this thread. They, and the people who send cargos by rail, are the reason why we have a rail system. If it is disrupted by action taken by people who work on it, then passengers are likely to support a government which says it intends to address that issue.
Why are less people traveling though? It can't surely be in the peaks as I see the trains looking rather busy. Is it leisure travel that is droppingNobody has mentioned that passenger numbers are dropping and have been since 2016/17. Quite large percentages too - 7% in 2017 for SWT . Yes SWT. Less people are travelling for whatever reason and that blows a hole in the accounts as we’ve seen with SWR.
Bye Bye SWR it was very short lived.
I chose not to vote Conservative in the past due to my then local MPs views on trains running without guards. I may be in a minority though but it goes to show this issue divides people.