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« Reply #2460 on: November 29, 2024, 16:37:13 »

.............and here we go again, for another weekend - I wonder if we will get to a point in the foreseeable future when GWR (Great Western Railway) aren't telling its customers to "only travel if absolutely necessary and change plans if possible"?

Might take a bit longer to resolve now Louise Haigh has quit.
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« Reply #2461 on: November 29, 2024, 17:05:44 »

.............and here we go again, for another weekend - I wonder if we will get to a point in the foreseeable future when GWR (Great Western Railway) aren't telling its customers to "only travel if absolutely necessary and change plans if possible"?

Might take a bit longer to resolve now Louise Haigh has quit.

Interesting hypothesis given her caving in to ASLEF» (Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen - about) with a "no strings" pay award that made no progress on Sunday working.
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« Reply #2462 on: November 30, 2024, 09:29:14 »

National Rail is reporting that a shortage of a train crew means services across the CrossCountry network are disrupted. As a result, trains across a number of routes will be cancelled, and this will last all day.

They have ticket acceptance with GWR (Great Western Railway) and are encouraging customers to use their services as an alternative - that may make things even cosier.
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« Reply #2463 on: November 30, 2024, 09:54:56 »


Interesting hypothesis given her caving in to ASLEF» (Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen - about) with a "no strings" pay award that made no progress on Sunday working.

No option but to make a “no strings”. All TOCs (Train Operating Company) are on different T&C’s!

Should have been left as each individual TOC negotiated its own pay deals.
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« Reply #2464 on: November 30, 2024, 10:58:29 »

GWR (Great Western Railway) are pre-empting weekends from now until new year, with 2 standby coaches being booked 12 noon until midnight every Saturday and Sunday at each of the major stations

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« Reply #2465 on: December 01, 2024, 08:47:00 »

GWR (Great Western Railway) are pre-empting weekends from now until new year, with 2 standby coaches being booked 12 noon until midnight every Saturday and Sunday at each of the major stations



Looking at today's shambles on the map, I'd suggest they book a few more.
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« Reply #2466 on: December 02, 2024, 07:24:39 »

Today on the list of cancellations on JourneyCheck, we have three successive Reading - Gatwick trains.
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« Reply #2467 on: December 02, 2024, 14:36:27 »

It's got considerably worse.....

Cancellations to services between Reading and Gatwick Airport

Due to a shortage of train crew between Reading and Gatwick Airport some lines are closed.

Train services running to and from these stations will be cancelled. Disruption is expected until 18:00 02/12.

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Due to shortage of train crew, we are unable to provide a train service from Gatwick Airport to Reading.
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« Reply #2468 on: December 02, 2024, 18:01:20 »

It's got considerably worse.....

That doesn't seem be the case looking at what ran and didn't run on RTT» (Real Time Trains - website), which looks a little better than Worcester_Passenger's screenshot rather than considerably worse. 

The 14:54 RDG(resolve)-GTW ran and the evening return trip to Shalford has been reinstated.
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« Reply #2469 on: December 02, 2024, 21:19:31 »

It's got considerably worse.....

That doesn't seem be the case looking at what ran and didn't run on RTT» (Real Time Trains - website), which looks a little better than Worcester_Passenger's screenshot rather than considerably worse. 

The 14:54 RDG(resolve)-GTW ran and the evening return trip to Shalford has been reinstated.

Good old Journeycheck! As reliable as the rest of GWR (Great Western Railway)!
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« Reply #2470 on: December 02, 2024, 22:48:21 »

It's got considerably worse.....

That doesn't seem be the case looking at what ran and didn't run on RTT» (Real Time Trains - website), which looks a little better than Worcester_Passenger's screenshot rather than considerably worse. 

The 14:54 RDG(resolve)-GTW ran and the evening return trip to Shalford has been reinstated.

Good old Journeycheck! As reliable as the rest of GWR (Great Western Railway)!

Journeycheck is accurate!  Crew will be juggled about and favours of crew asked which often results in services being reinstated during the course of the day.
No one likes a cancellation announcement minutes before a departure!
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« Reply #2471 on: Yesterday at 21:04:14 »


Interesting hypothesis given her caving in to ASLEF» (Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen - about) with a "no strings" pay award that made no progress on Sunday working.

No option but to make a “no strings”. All TOCs (Train Operating Company) are on different T&C’s!

Should have been left as each individual TOC negotiated its own pay deals.

At least the crazy notion of the railways being privatised is coming to a rapid end, along with the façade of independence from government. It should be all back in public hands within not much more than a decade. There will be serious negotiations with the unions they get the best of each TOC's T&Cs for everyone across the board, after which the government of the day can start talking about weekend working.
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« Reply #2472 on: Yesterday at 21:09:22 »

... and rail fares will inevitably have to increase, just to pay for all that.  Lips sealed
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« Reply #2473 on: Yesterday at 22:52:20 »

It should be all back in public hands within not much more than a decade.

Not a hope in hell!
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