Role of the dispatcher
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Quote from: John R on March 18, 2010, 19:14:30
Quote from: Henry on March 18, 2010, 08:41:19
If you read the paragraph properly you will see their was an agreement dated back in 2001 that Scotrail would keep Conductors on trains.
There will be a second person on the train, in accordance with the franchise requirements. They just won't open and close the doors.
Given the significant (over a hundred?) net number of new jobs for drivers and conductors/train managers/revenue protection staff (or whatever you want to call the second person), I don't have any sympathy whatsoever for the Union's position. The trains become an extension of the current electric service from Glasgow to Airdrie, and will operate to exactly the same standards.
The net number of new jobs would be exactly the same, the figure quoted is for drivers, maintenance staff, cleaners, administrators and ticket examiners at the new depot at Bathgate. The number of tickets examiners is about thirty and these would be new guards if guards were to operate on the route.
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