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Labour promises rail nationalisation within five years of coming to power
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The inefficient market for train drivers between multiple TOCs and freight operators was a major factor in increasing real salaries...
25 Apr 2024
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Labour promises rail nationalisation within five years of coming to power
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Yes, alignment of T&Cs would take a very long time. One employer but maintaining existing T&Cs with intent to align over time may be...
25 Apr 2024
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GWR fleet procurement
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I doubt very much if BR had continued as was that there would be a procurement exercise to use an existing train from Cardiff to...
18 Apr 2024
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GWR fleet procurement
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Yes, I am aware. I should have been clearer - moving 175s to WR under BR would not have involved a procurement. 1713459052 It was...
18 Apr 2024
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GWR fleet procurement
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It was different for cascading existing BR stock and that’s my point. The result of this procurement is known already (as was GN 379s).
18 Apr 2024
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GWR fleet procurement
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Yes, looks like a box ticking exercise for the 175s and 165s. Good example of the bureaucracy and cost imposed on the railway since...
18 Apr 2024
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Class 175 future speculation
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Cardiff- Penzance and Okehampton/ Barnstaple.
12 Apr 2024
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Class 175 future speculation
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Yes it would be although GWR never received the 769s either and consequently GWR regional services are struggling for stock even before...
12 Apr 2024
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Class 175 future speculation
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What source? 1712902024 The contributor on WNXX says the operator that will release the extra 6 or so 2/3-car units must receive...
12 Apr 2024
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Class 175 future speculation
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Reported on WNXX Forum today by a credible source that a deal has been been put together for GWR to receive all 27 175s and half a dozen...
11 Apr 2024
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Class 175 future speculation
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Yes, that was my assumption.
27 Mar 2024
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Class 175 future speculation
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Yes, who knows when it comes to DfT! However, as anticipated in this election year we have seen a flurry of good rail headlines from...
27 Mar 2024
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Class 175 future speculation
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All the sources I have read suggest the depot is likely to be Laira and routes covered Cardiff - Penzance plus Okehampton/ Barnstaple...
27 Mar 2024
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£2 fare - but what next?
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Odds on a commitment to keep the £2 fare will be in all manifestos. A good thing IMO.
21 Mar 2024
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Should cost benefits of new schemes be worked out in a different way?
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It is not law and (if taken into account) certainly doesn’t simplify the 1990 Act which is law and a major part of the reason why any...
13 Mar 2024
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