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    Extremely limited service on some Thameslink routes NYE

    It certainly wasn't THAT much but when managers are being paid £450 additional per day to drive you get an idea why no one volunteers. The basic timetable runs on overtime and goodwill, there's none of the latter left. Absolutely no chance of running additional services for NY without...
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    Extremely limited service on some Thameslink routes NYE

    Add to that GTR's point blank refusal to pay any enhancement to encourage volunteers, as was done the last time NYE fell on a Sunday.
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    Class 700 reliability

    Current issue is many units are out of mileage and Siemens are struggling to get them through periodic exams on time. Not been told if this is down to lack of labour, parts or both.
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    Love this.... 1W16 today (16/2) King's Cross to Inverness

    Then you will also know it’s barely used as hardly any drivers are trained and qualified to use it!
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    What’s going on with Thameslink?

    The statement on National Rail is misleading as the overtime ban is only RMT members… not ASLEF which represents more than 98% of Thameslink/Great Northern drivers.
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    What’s going on with Thameslink?

    Because of the location of the block, the only place to turn services back at Hitchin is behind the Ground Position Lights K228 or K234 on the down Royston. Accessing this requires crossing (and temporarily blocks) all lines of the East Coast Mainline at the flat junction (Cambridge Junction)...
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    Hornsmill viaduct (Hertford loop)

    Grippo is correct, basic details here - https://www.hertford.net/local-news/?id=325&h=viaduct-repairs-to-disrupt-traffic
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    GN Class 717

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    GN Class 717

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    GN Class 717

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    GN Class 717

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    GN Class 717

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