bramling
Veteran Member
Could the 350's play a part in providing enough stock for all parts of the network? I am another on that doesn't see anything wrong with the networkers that a refurbishment wouldn't cure. Mass cascades are high risk, when you have lost the good will of your staff. I suspect the main reason that GTR haven't restored Moorgate - Hertford / WGC to 15 minutes is more to do with that they can't reliably resource it rather then lack of demand. We have alll said we would rather have a service every 30 minutes we can rely on, then one that should run every 15 minutes but is frequently cancelled.
It does seem at times like the industry / DFT has a vendetta against Networkers. Successive south eastern franchises have done little with the 465 fleets, whilst we all know what happened to the excellent 365s.
We have gone from a reasonably well structured setup in 2019 across the franchises to what is increasingly becoming a mess, with stock now to-ing and fro-ing around quite aimlessly. Then we wonder why timetables and reliability are poor relative to 2019.
It seems we just have to wait and see what happens on GN. Looks like the 379s will come, the question is more what happens with the 387s, and to what extent 700s play a part in all this.