Just read the latest internal ROC update.
Can anyone shed any light on why York ROC is being partitioned, at least administratively, into various Sub-ROCs (eg former York IECC area has become the Transpennine Sub-ROC, recent/forthcoming ex KX PSB areas are the Kings Cross Sub-ROC etc)?
I'd presumed Sub-ROC status would be reserved for non-ROC locations granted a medium/long-term future (not sure if this has officially happened anywhere yet).
It’s just that, an administrative thing and sub-roc is their word of choice rather than pod. Ever since the commissioning of York ROC there has been colour coded carpet strips on the ops floor denoting the different ‘sub-ROCs’ going in geographical order from Kings Cross at the front, to Tyneside at the back when it eventually moves down. SSMs can only oversee so many panels, LOMs can only deal with a certain amount of signallers and I suppose this was the concept behind this. Just five power boxes under one roof essentially!
It is the same in Three Bridges ROC where you have London Bridge/Thameslink pod, then you’ll have Victoria pod, followed by whatever else trickles in over time heading towards the south coast.
Getting everyone to work under the same house rules is however another story, with staff coming from various power boxes and areas with varying local agreements
