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« Reply #2475 on: December 04, 2024, 09:53:43 »
Quote from: ChrisB on December 04, 2024, 09:44:31
Which TOCs▸ (Train Operating Company) won't be?

Hull Trains, Lumo, Grand Union, Great Central, Go-op, West Somerset Railway, companies moving freight not passengers, Hythe Pier Railway, ....
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« Reply #2476 on: December 04, 2024, 09:55:29 »
yes, indeed - I thought TonyK was referring to franchises, but re-reading refers to just rail.
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« Reply #2477 on: December 04, 2024, 15:36:40 »
And even then, isn’t DfT» (Department for Transport - about) Operator Ltd still a partnership between Arup Group, Ernst & Young and SNC-Lavalin Rail & Transit? 
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« Reply #2478 on: December 04, 2024, 15:55:30 »
"Consultants" are everywhere in Government, so I think they can be ignored for this exercise?
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« Reply #2479 on: December 04, 2024, 16:55:33 »
Quote from: ChrisB on December 04, 2024, 15:55:30
"Consultants" are everywhere in Government, so I think they can be ignored for this exercise?

“Consultants”. That’s a word that just fills you with fear!
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« Reply #2480 on: December 04, 2024, 17:13:20 »
Quote from: ChrisB on December 04, 2024, 09:55:29
yes, indeed - I thought TonyK was referring to franchises, but re-reading refers to just rail.

My mistake - I did mean franchises, although my "not much more than a decade" estimate looks far too optimistic.
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« Reply #2481 on: December 05, 2024, 13:46:37 »
This weekend's iteration of GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) doing its best to drive away its customers.......
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« Reply #2482 on: December 05, 2024, 19:30:49 »
And GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) planned a departure from Barf every 6 minutes  Grin
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« Reply #2483 on: December 05, 2024, 20:47:35 »
Quote from: UstiImmigrunt on December 05, 2024, 19:30:49
And GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) planned a departure from Barf every 6 minutes  Grin

Indeed - at the expense last weekend of nothing on the Swindon to Westbury line for nine hours (and then - "shrug" - it was an empty train for OPERATIONAL CONVENIENCE  Grin)
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« Reply #2484 on: December 05, 2024, 22:11:50 »
I think the Bath Christmas market and train crew shortages will be the least of GWR▸ (Great Western Railway)’s and Network Rail’s problems with storm Darragh set to hit Wales and the West Country hard this weekend.
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« Reply #2485 on: December 06, 2024, 17:13:11 »
Bath Christmas Market is now cancelled for Saturday 7 December due to the storm..
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« Reply #2486 on: December 11, 2024, 13:37:39 »
.....rather late in the day to be concerned.....

https://www.upday.com/uk/christmas-rail-travel-could-face-chaos-amid-staff-shortages?utm_source=upday&utm_medium=referral
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« Reply #2487 on: December 11, 2024, 15:30:27 »
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.....rather late in the day to be concerned.....

https://www.upday.com/uk/christmas-rail-travel-could-face-chaos-amid-staff-shortages?utm_source=upday&utm_medium=referral

Reading between the lines (so excuse the pun and apologies if incorrect) but I believe the DfT» (Department for Transport - about) have refused a request from GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) for an enhanced rate for RMT▸ (National Union of Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers) members on Sunday 22nd/29th December.
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« Reply #2488 on: December 11, 2024, 15:47:08 »
Quote from: IndustryInsider on December 11, 2024, 15:30:27
Reading between the lines (so excuse the pun and apologies if incorrect) but I believe the DfT» (Department for Transport - about) have refused a request from GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) for an enhanced rate for RMT▸ (National Union of Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers) members on Sunday 22nd/29th December.

I can't help wondering when I see tiffs between the DfT and a private TOC▸ (Train Operating Company) and then passing the blame to each other how excuses will be given out when the "whole thing" is in, supposedly, one set of hands
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« Reply #2489 on: December 11, 2024, 16:19:17 »
Quote from: IndustryInsider on December 11, 2024, 15:30:27
Reading between the lines (so excuse the pun and apologies if incorrect) but I believe the DfT» (Department for Transport - about) have refused a request from GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) for an enhanced rate for RMT▸ (National Union of Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers) members on Sunday 22nd/29th December.

Happy to authorise an enhanced rate at Northern Rail though. I wonder, who runs Northern?!
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