I have been told by a Guard i was speaking to on TFW that they are planning to change their job title of all of their Guards from "Conductor" to "Train Manager" soon. This seems like an odd decision. Does anyone know any more about information this? What are TFW trying to achieve here by changing their job title?
Out of all the job titles on the railway "Train Manager" has to be my least favourite by far. I dislike it because the "Train Manager" job title does not suit the job or describe the job and i think nobody would associate the word manager with a guards job. Also no ordinary passenger ever uses this term (to a passenger "Guard" or "Conductor" or "Ticket Inspector" are the only terms they will use) so they are never going to be known as a "Train Manager" by passengers which makes the job title even more pointless. A manager is normally somebody high up who is in charge of running a company or somebody managing a certain part of a company. When you hear "Train Manager" you think of somebody who works in the head office. A guard is certainly not what comes to mind. They should just keep the "Conductor" title.
I seem to remember that VTEC changed the title "Train Manager" shortly before LNER took over. Merseyrail have also changed their job title to "Train Manager" recently. I am curious why lots of TOCs seem to keep switching to this title? What is wrong with "Conductor" or "Guard" which are both far more well known and well understood by passengers?
Out of all the job titles on the railway "Train Manager" has to be my least favourite by far. I dislike it because the "Train Manager" job title does not suit the job or describe the job and i think nobody would associate the word manager with a guards job. Also no ordinary passenger ever uses this term (to a passenger "Guard" or "Conductor" or "Ticket Inspector" are the only terms they will use) so they are never going to be known as a "Train Manager" by passengers which makes the job title even more pointless. A manager is normally somebody high up who is in charge of running a company or somebody managing a certain part of a company. When you hear "Train Manager" you think of somebody who works in the head office. A guard is certainly not what comes to mind. They should just keep the "Conductor" title.
I seem to remember that VTEC changed the title "Train Manager" shortly before LNER took over. Merseyrail have also changed their job title to "Train Manager" recently. I am curious why lots of TOCs seem to keep switching to this title? What is wrong with "Conductor" or "Guard" which are both far more well known and well understood by passengers?