That is my understanding too _ see to remember a quiet announcement.I would think that it is trenitalia that have withdrawn, as they're focusing on the West Coast Partnership and East Midlands bids
That is my understanding too _ see to remember a quiet announcement.I would think that it is trenitalia that have withdrawn, as they're focusing on the West Coast Partnership and East Midlands bids
So we're now down to three:
Govia as-is have not done too bad a job since David Statham took over from Charles Horton, IMO. He has managed to nudge Southeastern off the bottom of the NRPS, despite the locals of Kent and SE London being a highly vocal and irritable bunch.
- Stagecoach + Alstom
- Abellio + EJRC + Mitsui
- Govia
That said, I wouldn't lose any sleep if Stagecoach won it over Govia. Abellio's mega-consortium, however, I'm not too sure about.
A Stagecoach/Alstom consortium? Now there's something I wasn't expecting.
Alstom have offered their new UK EMU design to FirstGroup for the Anglia bid.Alstom are keen (desperate, even) to get back into the UK new rolling stock market.
I imagine they were working with Stagecoach (only?) on the SE bid anyway.
Remember Alstom/Siemens joint venture? More desiros? More HS1 stock?
DfT very carefully tied Crossrail into the National Rail fare structures controlled by them so Crossrail fare price rises will mirror the TOCs (TfL's finance team probably quite pleased by this?)If prices keep growing between SE Metro and DLR/Crossrail/Tube then SE will lose an ever increasing number of passengers.
never going to get people out of cars.
why would that stop them?im hoping govia win it so that they dont feel the need to bid for Southern in 2021!!
I agree with your entire post apart from this bit...
Who on earth, apart from taxi drivers and bus drivers, drives into central London these days?!
DfT very carefully tied Crossrail into the National Rail fare structures controlled by them so Crossrail fare price rises will mirror the TOCs (TfL's finance team probably quite pleased by this?)
No they tied all the Crossrail branches to the national rail fare structures - The (DfT and HMT) saw the potential for TfL to do a fares freeze or similar well over a decade ago so enacted defences against it.So Woolwich and Abbey Wood will see the most expensive fares (excluding Heathrow), as the other branches are on TfL fare scale? Eg Liverpool Street to Woolwich (Z4) would be £3.10 yet Liverpool Street to Southall (Z4) will be £2.80 and Liverpool Street to Ilford also £2.80? That's bloody unfair if so. And that's off-peak so peak time differences would be more.
Twice a day, three times a week if working part time and that's a hefty amount over a year.
Not what I meant but local journey eg Belvedere to Woolwich to shop, or Mottingham to Lewisham, or Albany Park to Dartford. Short trips to buusy suburban centres. Trains need to compete with cars to help clear clogged up roads.
No they tied all the Crossrail branches to the national rail fare structures - The (DfT and HMT) saw the potential for TfL to do a fares freeze or similar well over a decade ago so enacted defences against it.
Notice that the fares have yet to be published and will go up annual in line with DfT franchise controlled ones
https://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/news/transport/major-shake-up-for-southeastern-rail-1-8271321running longer, more modern trains with better Wi-Fi connectivity.
Traditionally, there has been that desire to take any "tagged" or vandalised trains out of service as soon as it is noticed, in order to avoid "parading" the graffiti around in public.Incidentally, I’m seeing a lot more Southeastern stock of all kinds in service covered in graffiti - something that has been quite unusual in recent years. Giving up early or just particularly under attack by the vandals at the moment?
Southeastern's fleet is already stretched to capacity as is, so when you get a particularly bad spate of attacks as we're currently seeing (potentially attributable to a reduction in visible policing, but that's for another topic), they're left with no alternative except to run trains in service, with the "urban artwork" on display. The only exception being if the end cabs are obscured by the graffiti as a result - and even then, I could see them coupling those affected cab ends to try and avoid the problem until the mess can be cleaned up at the weekend.
This is not the reason for the graffiti. As has been discussed in another thread this is related to a different issue.
This is not the reason for the graffiti. As has been discussed in another thread this is related to a different issue.
Perhaps you could point readers in the direction of that thread?
Issues with cleaners being safety issues with serious consequences.The TLDR version is there have been “issues” with cleaners and their access to the units in depots has been restricted. Hence the graffiti isn’t being cleaned off as regularly as normal.