New rolling stock will likely be specified to allow for DCO so no cost there and as mentioned by someone else the 333s already allow for either DOO or guard operation. If Northern get more 319s it'll cost them to modify them for guard operation.
Specified for DOO, it's the same as DCO. DCO is a dressed up term that the train has to run with a second person onboard. It's DOO in operational sense.
This DOO project will cost Northern a bomb for minimal benefits.. Like I mentioned before, guards will retain their wage, driver will need an increase as it's an increase in responsibilities, the new equipment, the cost of industrial action.. List is endless.
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Glad someone has mentioned security staff on here. My experience of the vast majority of subcontracted railway security staff.
- They aren't PTS trained
- They aren't customer service trained
- They have minimal knowledge of the railway and send people on the wrong trains
- They usually hold a second job of door staff in bars and clubs so are zero hour
- They go missing when there is trouble, several stories to back that up.
Nowhere near suitable to replace a fully qualified guard.
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