Correct that the full timetable won’t be implemented until Monday the 6th, but with the amount of drivers sat spare, it’s nothing to do with stock being in the wrong place.
I believe the issue actually lays with guards who’s competency ran out in December. They can’t work trains again until they’re assessed.
just going back again to what
@theironroad said, for years the company and their friends in the media have been telling people this dispute does not affect guards on mainline services. What happens when they want to try the same trick as yesterday? Will mainline guards be trained how to work 701s as an OBS?