It seems there are still a lot of drivers that can't take trains all the way from TL to GN and vice versa. So trains are terminating early, as there is no driver to take it further.
Lots of trains were apparently coming out the core to FPK and ending there. I assume the same in the opposite direction. It's such a mess, I don't fancy looking back to see every single train movement - although perhaps that's not too difficult given the number of cancellations!
This might explain the planned cancellations until June, as GTR now realise they can only plan on the drivers they HAVE got, not those they are hoping may do some rest day work or cancel annual leave etc.
Any investigation will have to look at how the training went to have enough drivers ready, as well as how rostering had planned for this event to make sure they weren't relying on volunteers. There might also be a need to check if any union recommended not doing overtime/RDW to mess things up for political gain!
Everyone has been terrified of the new timetable and workings for years, and it would certainly suit some people to have it turn into a dumpster fire as it appears has happened.
That said, my fears were more for issues of disruption caused by the public, trains broken down, signal failures/wiring issues and how the service recovers etc - not what has actually happened that should and must have been predicted and could have been sorted months ahead of time.
Having a load of spare drivers for the first few days/weeks would have been very sensible. Offering sufficient incentives, as a one off, given how important the changes are.
Lots of trains were apparently coming out the core to FPK and ending there. I assume the same in the opposite direction. It's such a mess, I don't fancy looking back to see every single train movement - although perhaps that's not too difficult given the number of cancellations!
This might explain the planned cancellations until June, as GTR now realise they can only plan on the drivers they HAVE got, not those they are hoping may do some rest day work or cancel annual leave etc.
Any investigation will have to look at how the training went to have enough drivers ready, as well as how rostering had planned for this event to make sure they weren't relying on volunteers. There might also be a need to check if any union recommended not doing overtime/RDW to mess things up for political gain!
Everyone has been terrified of the new timetable and workings for years, and it would certainly suit some people to have it turn into a dumpster fire as it appears has happened.
That said, my fears were more for issues of disruption caused by the public, trains broken down, signal failures/wiring issues and how the service recovers etc - not what has actually happened that should and must have been predicted and could have been sorted months ahead of time.
Having a load of spare drivers for the first few days/weeks would have been very sensible. Offering sufficient incentives, as a one off, given how important the changes are.
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