There's probably agreements that need to be sorted out again for the new training plan (I know it shouldn't take this long)
RTT once again being secretive about 2H93 today. The ECS (5H93) currently on its way in so it's definitely running.
They are running 87% of their train km using the same time period. SWR onboard staffing doesn't vary by train length (or number of units) meaning shorter trains don't move the dial.
Send them elsewhere. End of.
And use what stock? 455s are quite literally falling apart.
Umm, in what way? I saw a few at Clapham this evening and they all seemed absolutely fine, with no short forms and even some subbing in for 701s in the last few days/weeks.
Well, if that's what everyone wants who are standing in the way of 701 introduction then why not?
That diagram goes to the depot at 0930 after the morning peak and what (if anything) emerges to take up the evening peak is not always the same unit.
They probably don't have enough drivers on the books to do it...
Yet strangely Avanti West Coast, which has such an appalling industrial relations reputation and a far more publicised shortage of staff has managed to introduce their 805s very rapidly.
Wow. Somehow managed to go backwards. The level of incompetency across the board is impressive at this point from all parties involved
They have holes in bodywork. If they kept going for multiple more years they would in a literal sense start to fall apart
They aren't going to last 30 more years now, are they?
It's very much SWR going back on the agreements that had been agreed on by both parties.
What was the point of the event at London Waterloo on 28 November 2024?
There are over 100 more drivers at Avanti than there were 2-3 years ago though. The DfT allowed the business to change its long-term strategy and reduce the reliance on rest-day working, which seems to be paying off.
Makes it look like they are doing something to distract from how they aren't?
I don’t understand. You post continuously in every SWR related thread. And quite often complaining about the unsuitability of existing stock. And now want the 701s taken to SE?
The 455s are life expired.
They don't seem to have the same issues with new trains introduction as SWR (does any TOC for that matter?). Look how quickly the 707s were introduced.
How much more sitting down and not sorting out the issues is needed? Once and for all won't be once and for all. Someone will find a new excuse not to get them into service on SWR.
-No new method of operation introduced (already DOO) - therefore no issue with ASLEF or RMT
But wasn’t all that supposedly settled & agreed on SWR a while back now ?
An event not at the their usual office location, so they can put a day of expenses through the accounts probably.
It seems a lot more than two or three sets of staff are required to reliably cover ALL parts of each stock diagram.
I think SWR has lost drivers at the rate consistent with natural wastage but has not invested in replacement staff, relying on systematic and excessive overtime instead.
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Indeed Avanti ddi go through the pain of discovering they needed more drivers and getting them before the 805s appeared.
Probably just expressing despair.
SWR as a whole is just despair and frustration at this point
SWR historically had a constant supply of trainees throughout every year with new courses starting most months. Recent years have had almost nothing in comparison. I think one of the years post-COVID had no trainees at all; if it did, it was only a handful.
