tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post6169311071063752674..comments2023-08-22T16:18:38.393+01:00Comments on Rail Thing - Friends of the S&D: busway impressionsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post-10163593387413390322010-01-18T21:49:55.737+00:002010-01-18T21:49:55.737+00:00Nice brief and this mail helped me alot in my coll...Nice brief and this mail helped me alot in my college assignement. Thanks you as your information.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post-22539922260928766292009-08-14T09:37:29.593+01:002009-08-14T09:37:29.593+01:00That sounds like a good way of doing things. Good ...That sounds like a good way of doing things. Good luckyamfazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03082067992151373422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post-64033054470109287552009-08-13T19:08:20.362+01:002009-08-13T19:08:20.362+01:00I understand this inconvineinces passengers, but d...I understand this inconvineinces passengers, but deep down, the bosses wont care if every train runs 5 minutes late because of the staff, it wont affect them, they'll just have a lil interview with the press where they can say its the staffs fault and make us look bad, the only way they're truly affected is when trains dont run as it makes them look bad.<br /><br />with network rail when we had strikes last year they were done at weekends this was to reduce the effect on yuor regular traveller who is normally the commuter and more on the network rail bosses, by reducing the amount of work that they could get done and things having to e rescheduled causing inconvenience to the bosses rather then to passengers on the trackjeff harrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post-27301469667487147122009-08-13T14:33:38.565+01:002009-08-13T14:33:38.565+01:00Jeff, I don’t doubt that Rail workers have very fe...Jeff, I don’t doubt that Rail workers have very few options, but to strike and inconvenience the very people you want on your side is so damaging. And the bosses don’t care as they probably all travel by car and worry about the balance sheet and not the travelling public. <br /><br />Let’s face it the RMT does have a great PR record, regardless of the rights of the claim. May be an old fashioned go slow or if the trains were to run 5 minutes late or something, except an all out strike. <br /><br />The travelling public in general don’t care what rail workers earn, all anyone cares about these days is can I get to work to do my job so I don’t get sacked. Because most people, strike action is not an option and most people don’t have a powerful union behind them, they have to sort out their own pension, etc.... Look at the car workers, the BA staff and others all taking cuts in wages and working for free, just to keep their jobs and then look at what the drivers are doing on NXEA and you will see that most of the travellers into Liverpool Street won’t care a thing about the rights of the claim.<br /><br />I suppose what I’m trying to say is striking wins no friends and only pushes people away from rail and that is not good for any one. A Go Slow is better than a No Show.<br /><br />Good luck and see you on the New S&D, I can’t wait to swing my shovel :)yamfazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03082067992151373422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post-54824920710393682972009-08-13T11:40:49.580+01:002009-08-13T11:40:49.580+01:00Yamfaz, as a rail worker, all be it for network ra...Yamfaz, as a rail worker, all be it for network rail, not nxea, when your bosses are trying to make job cuts, destroy your pension, cut your wages by around £3000pa and at the same time make you do more work, you can see why rail workers get annoyed. as maintenance staff we have no choice but to strike.<br /><br />i understand it to be drivers striking on nxea, and as such they dont have much other choice then to strike either so what can you do when bosses are forcing things upon you that are unworkable. <br /><br />the best thing to do with the railway system would be to nationalise it, in its current system it would actually operate at a profit as well, as the combined profits of the TOC's last year was equal to the amount of government investment, and once you got rid of all these companies hiring to eachother, and you could take a huge chunk of the office staff away the rail network would naturally sustain itself, and allow for the building of new lines, and prehaps even cheaper rail faresJeff Harrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post-41912398690324338912009-08-13T10:48:36.040+01:002009-08-13T10:48:36.040+01:00I've just had a thought about the busways and ...I've just had a thought about the busways and it isn't to do with the system. It is all to do with politics and Unions. A busway can have many buses from different companies where as railways at the moment generally have one operator. And that means one Union, the RMT, and they can shut a system down very quickly, look at what is happening to the trains running into Liverpool Street. There is very little chance of that happening with buses as the staff aren’t as militant as the rail workers and they also don’t have the power to shut down a system.<br /><br />If rail is going to take off in this country the RMT needs to grow up and not go on Strike, Ever! There are many other ways to show the ‘Bosses’ their displeasure e.g. work to rule, not check tickets, not sell ticket, not do the paper work, etc.... <br /><br />The alternative is to put the rail workers in the same category as the Police, i.e. essential workers and ban them from striking. Heck, it’s in the RMT’s best interest to make rail the favoured option!<br /><br />So if we want to see railway mile increase in this country we need to sort out the RMT and get them to join the rest of us in the 21st Century and not be stuck in the 1970s. No wonder the Tories prefer Buses they don’t have powerful Union members. <br /><br />As for workers rights, with more rail miles come greater demand for rail workers, which means the companies need to have attractive working conditions and keep their employees happy. <br /><br />So to all the rail workers reading this, think about the long term job security before going on strike. The alternative is that you could be a bus driver!!<br /><br />From a Volunteer Loco Firemanyamfazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03082067992151373422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post-38017853324254238622009-08-13T08:44:06.057+01:002009-08-13T08:44:06.057+01:00you can use track circuits to do the job as you me...you can use track circuits to do the job as you mentioned we do a similar thing using whats called approach control on the mainline, so when a train has to use a junction route that is slower then the main route it is slowed appropriately before the signal will clear. <br /><br />i was under the impression from what i'd seen on the news that its using the midland railway trackbed from looking at where the route goes<br /><br />buses could have controlled traffic lights through the use of the same inductors you see imbeded in the road surface on main roads approaching traffic lights.Jeff Harrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post-50701489979565583672009-08-13T08:29:47.213+01:002009-08-13T08:29:47.213+01:00I don't think it's a guided busway but a c...I don't think it's a guided busway but a collection of bus lanes on existing roads, which will hardly be rapid transit as I bet it won't include bus operated green traffic lights. Trams can do this as I think they use a circuit through the rails, but I don't see how road buses could do it.<br /><br />I've seen a picture of the buses though and they are designed to look just like modern trams, which is hilarious. Talk about backhanded compliments for the form of transport which Bath SHOULD be thinking of!Steve Sainsburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12024394243500109831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589444.post-77036269727553411642009-08-13T07:44:25.674+01:002009-08-13T07:44:25.674+01:00steve, hasnt a guided busway just been given the g...steve, hasnt a guided busway just been given the go ahead by banes council in bath, to run along the midland line from the newbury park and ride to near the centre? <br /><br />its been refered to as a rapid transit system on the news and mentions it being used by buses so i presume thats what it isJeff HArrisnoreply@blogger.com