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Hi All, A rail company boss is "out of touch" with some of the problems faced by his firm, a Welsh Labour MP▸ has claimed. Stephen Doughty said Great Western Railway managing director Mark Hopwood had been "unwilling" to "get a grip on a litany of failures" in recent years. Train cancellations have more than doubled for some weekend and bank holiday services between Wales and England, figures have shown. GWR▸ said its performance improved by more than 10% in the past six months. ◾World Cup rail staffing excuse criticised ◾'Critical' rail shortage is seven trains Cardiff South and Penarth MP Mr Doughty led a Westminster Hall debate on the company's performance on Tuesday in which MPs criticised delays, overcrowding and ticket costs. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-47132948Basset |
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« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2019, 17:39:36 » |
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Hi All, A rail company boss is "out of touch" with some of the problems faced by his firm, a Welsh Labour MP▸ has claimed. Stephen Doughty said Great Western Railway managing director Mark Hopwood had been "unwilling" to "get a grip on a litany of failures" in recent years. Train cancellations have more than doubled for some weekend and bank holiday services between Wales and England, figures have shown. GWR▸ said its performance improved by more than 10% in the past six months. ◾World Cup rail staffing excuse criticised ◾'Critical' rail shortage is seven trains Cardiff South and Penarth MP Mr Doughty led a Westminster Hall debate on the company's performance on Tuesday in which MPs criticised delays, overcrowding and ticket costs. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-47132948Basset A very fair assessment of the invisible man. |
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« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2019, 18:01:08 » |
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Indeed, though with things currently improving in most areas, perhaps the debate has come six months too late to force much action?
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« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2019, 18:21:58 » |
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JayMac
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« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2019, 18:51:25 » |
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Same old parroted platitudes from Mark Hopwood's human shield, Dan Panes, across the media today. Including using that old BR▸ chestnut, "We're getting there."  |
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
"Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot."
"Moral indignation is a technique used to endow the idiot with dignity."
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« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2019, 21:14:52 » |
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A human shield? Never thought of Dan that way!
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« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2019, 21:25:02 » |
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A very warm welcome to the forum Mark. Good to have you aboard.
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« Reply #8 on: February 14, 2019, 22:33:31 » |
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The majority of factors I understand to be external. DfT» and NR» imposed issues. Not sure which magic tricks he meant to pull out the hat?
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« Reply #9 on: February 15, 2019, 14:36:48 » |
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A warm welcome from me too, MarkHopwood!
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Now, please!
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« Reply #10 on: February 15, 2019, 15:41:28 » |
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Count the number of times the head of Scots Rail has come out and publicly apologised for the issues that they are facing under the same circumstances. Then compare that to the number of times Mr Hopwood has done the same thing.
I fully appreciate the circumstances that GWR▸ are under from the engineering difficulties faced by NR» and the strategic decisions made by the DFT▸ . However, GWR's responsibility lies in its communications of the issues and mitigation of the issues. In those areas over the last few years, I believe it has been found wanting.
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« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2019, 23:48:58 » |
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The majority of factors I understand to be external. DfT» and NR» imposed issues. Not sure which magic tricks he meant to pull out the hat?
I think most posters here accept that many issues are outside of FGW▸ control but they don't do very well on the ones are. The website, provision of information, incident management... |
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« Reply #12 on: February 17, 2019, 07:32:54 » |
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The majority of factors I understand to be external. DfT» and NR» imposed issues. Not sure which magic tricks he meant to pull out the hat?
I think most posters here accept that many issues are outside of FGW▸ control but they don't do very well on the ones are. The website, provision of information, incident management... ........customer service..... |
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« Reply #13 on: February 17, 2019, 17:01:52 » |
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When the latest Direct Award franchise extention was given, the conversation with the DfT» went something along the lines of "Due to all the upgrades going on, your network is going to be pretty shitty for the next few years, as such we are not going to put the franchise out to tender. It's going to be a bit of a poison chalise and nobody will want it, so if you are willing to take all the flak for things being a bit shitty, and keep all that shit away from us then you can keep running the franchise for the next couple of years until we are in a position to re-let it. And we promise not to hold the shittyness against you went it comes to the next franchise compitition."
GWR▸ are doing exactly what was asked of them by the DfT, so I would argue that it's actually Stephen Doughty who is out of touch for failing to comprehend the politics of the situatuion.
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« Reply #14 on: February 17, 2019, 19:26:51 » |
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Is it necessary to use full rude words on here to make your point? A few stratigic *** would do it...... |
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