The 22:00 cutoff relates to a the purported legitimacy of delay compensation claims. However the legality of the 22:00 cutoff is disputed; see existing threads on the subject . If anyone has any claims rejected for this reason, I suggest either replying to the Delay Repay Claims rejected thread or creating a new thread (if it's a complicated case, a new thread may be best).
Whilst it is possible , and control at my toc are often tasked with organising additional services . It is worth noting that there are shortages of staff there at my toc as well so no saying that the resource position in control would allow them to .
An attitude that illustrates what is so wrong with today's railways. Appalling.
They will reinstate rural routes no one uses on Monday, and leave the busy commuter services people use and which bring in revenue.
It is, but it just as easy to be cynical about why RMT called off the strike at 4pm on the day before, when it would have affected striking workers' December (=Christmas) pay. Perhaps the cost of paying the staff to sit around to run no trains should be sent to RMT headquarters. Certainly the taxpayer shouldn't be taking the hit.
Indeed and it's worthwhile pointing out that Merseyrail aren't in dispute with any of their staff (having resolved their disputes some months ago, at considerable cost!). Hence goodwill is much more likely to be present, and thus assist in the service being resumed, than at most other operators.
So staff are available for work and getting paid but the TOC in question can't be bothered to run services because it's read the tea leaves and decided that no one will use them. The ultimate illustration of the railways running purely for their own benefit and no one else's. I'd love to know which TOC this is.
You do realise the DfT are paying for any operational costs and make the call on whether additional costs are justified or not.
Round here, exactly the same number of trains have run today as would have been run had the strikes been on i.e. none. Last time I checked, I don't think you could get fewer trains running than that.
Perhaps GA would like to mention this on their website ??? Last updated 20 hours ago
No chance.
Isn’t that route closed because of engineering work between Peterborough and Grantham. If the strike wasn’t happening they would be diverting via Lincoln, but that is too challenging during the strike (Lincoln has had no service in any strike).
Didn't know about the engineering work. One more reason to stay put. There was a temptation to move further away for even cheaper housing, but I guess it's gone now.
