Transport for Wales Rail

[iMarkeh]

RE: Transport for Wales Rail

(02/11/2018 15:34)knutstransport Wrote:  Despite that it's worth remembering a couple of months ago on a Northern strike day ATW managers would have been acting as guards on Northern Mid-Cheshire and Chat Moss services and Northern would have loaned 2 x 150/2s to ATW for the day for their own services. Yet everything's different now Arriva don't operate both franchises.

I never knew about ATW managers running Mid Cheshire services but Northern units did quite often end up ATW services towards the end of the franchise.

@T42 PVM, ATW can't have had that many issues as they were always really good whenever I used their service. No issues. I have not known issues this bad anyway due to units being out of use.

@Y474 KNF, I fully agree, improvements don't happen overnight. It was more the case they made a big fuss about this franchise would be amazing and would solve the current issues putting passengers before profit and all that but there has been a drop in the service standard. At a bare minimum, I would expect the standard to remain the same or very similar (as obviously unexpected delays happen outside of the companies control).

Since my earlier post, it now appears there are staff shortages as well with the Bay Line being off between 16:42 and 19:22. Lots of other cancellations as well. 78 cancellations for tomorrow and 23 amendments.