But, do you agree they should give up T&Cs and not be paid for it?The extremely well-paid already drivers are the bad guys here.
Evidence of that?My issue with the drivers is they are never, ever happy. It doesn't matter how many times they are given into, they go off on one again in no time. I'm sick of it, got to admit.
14th is the Leeds marathon so a lot of people will be travelling the day before if they’re not localYikes, I forgot that the 13th of May is the Eurovision final.
Rail travel is actually picking up a fair bit now, both leisure and commuting.This summer I should be planning a trip to London but with rail strikes I can't be bothered. There's too much risk booking hotels, theatre tickets etc and then strikes getting called. They're doing themselves out of a job. Leisure travellers are using other options and I know people changing jobs to avoid the trains.
Tell that to the government who want to get rid of all these jobs because 'no-one uses the train anymore.' Full and standing for 45 minutes into Manchester on the one I caught the other morning.This summer I should be planning a trip to London but with rail strikes I can't be bothered. There's too much risk booking hotels, theatre tickets etc and then strikes getting called. They're doing themselves out of a job. Leisure travellers are using other options and I know people changing jobs to avoid the trains.
I do have commute cross country for work a few times a year. With cancellations and strikes it makes it near impossible. There's constant cancellations on the transpennie route so when they do run they are packed as they're so infrequent which drives people away from using them.Tell that to the government who want to get rid of all these jobs because 'no-one uses the train anymore.' Full and standing for 45 minutes into Manchester on the one I caught the other morning.
That government argument always made me laugh, as I likely said somewhere here before they are saying no-one uses the trains now and in the same announcement have the head of the publican and restaurant association saying strikes have cost them a billion in revenue. How does that work if no-one uses the trains now?
Where will people go when the train is cancelled and need a note to get on another train?Avanti propose to close all thier ticket offices. Transpennine propose to close all except Huddersfield and Manchester Airport.
I believe avanti are essentially moving ticket staff to floor workings, so you’ll just have to find a member of staff in the station.Where will people go when the train is cancelled and need a note to get on another train?
I wonder if they will sell it as floorwalkers but as people leave or retire they won't be replaced so in the end they'll be no one there.Although I think they will be deploying those staff to move between stations on their shift so I assume it will be 'tough' if they aren't on the station when you are there. Those floor working roles make the least sense about the cost cutting, surely the staff wages are the highest over head in the whole scheme. I know for a fact at least two of the stations earmarked for closure take thousands of pounds a day.
I noticed earlier that avanti have a bunch of floor walker job vacancies listed - I’m in Euston at least a couple of times a week so I’ll definitely be keeping an eye out to see how it works.I wonder if they will sell it as floorwalkers but as people leave or retire they won't be replaced so in the end they'll be no one there.
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