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Post by William Wilson on Dec 13, 2016 7:53:42 GMT
What possible use are they? How can a train without passengers, possibly make a profit? Baffling.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2016 13:25:36 GMT
What possible use are they? How can a train without passengers, possibly make a profit? Baffling. If they didn't have to keep stopping to pick-up/drop-off those pesky passengers they may run on time ! Have you thought about that? |
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Post by baggins on Dec 13, 2016 13:49:01 GMT
I'd have sold it all off years ago and spent the money propping up a failing Tory ran economy.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2016 14:05:32 GMT
I'd have sold it all off years ago and spent the money propping up a failing Tory ran economy.as opposed to.......? |
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Post by William Wilson on Dec 13, 2016 18:26:35 GMT
What possible use are they? How can a train without passengers, possibly make a profit? Baffling. If they didn't have to keep stopping to pick-up/drop-off those pesky passengers they may run on time ! Have you thought about that? No, I hadn`t. I knew there was something I was missing. |
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Post by William Wilson on Dec 13, 2016 18:34:19 GMT
I'd have sold it all off years ago and spent the money propping up a failing Tory ran economy.as opposed to.......? The socialist paradise of Venezuela. Where Jeremy and all his *wit followers should go. |
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Post by baggins on Dec 14, 2016 6:36:46 GMT
I'd have sold it all off years ago and spent the money propping up a failing Tory ran economy.as opposed to.......? A successful one would have been nice.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2016 18:02:11 GMT
We are not far out with our ramblings as it is disclosed that the train company are actually saving money during the strikes !
"Taxpayers are footing a £50 million bill for the biggest series of rail strikes in a generation, while the company in charge of the train line stands to save money, it has emerged.
The walkout by drivers and conductors on the Southern Rail line led to trains being cancelled for 300,000 commuters in the South East on Tuesday, prompting ministers to indicate that they are prepared to strengthen anti-strike laws.
It has emerged that, because of a deal struck with Southern by the Government, the cost of the disruption will be borne by the taxpayer."
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Post by aghast on Dec 14, 2016 21:02:46 GMT
Unlike every other rail franchise, Southern are paid a fee to run the trains and the government collects the ticket revenue. The other regional operators make their money from ticket sales.
So the strike costs Southern nothing and the taxpayer foots the bill from lost revenue and compensation.
Therefore, Southern have nothing to lose by holding out against the unions. I'm guessing that they have been told to do so.
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Post by inee on Dec 19, 2016 9:09:26 GMT
Think it's part of the franchise ie they have to provide x amount of trains per route if they don't they get fined so cheaper to run an empty train
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Post by inee on Dec 19, 2016 9:42:51 GMT
Unlike every other rail franchise, Southern are paid a fee to run the trains and the government collects the ticket revenue. The other regional operators make their money from ticket sales. So the strike costs Southern nothing and the taxpayer foots the bill from lost revenue and compensation. Therefore, Southern have nothing to lose by holding out against the unions. I'm guessing that they have been told to do so. Who'd have thought the unions haven't learned fec all since the 70's  Would find it amusing in one way if the country went back to 3 day weeks and the rest of it, wonder how many people would cope and get through it these days. I think the compensation culture we live in doesn't help workers in many services, or prices on the street, so you could say that it's the workers themselves that are holding back their own pay, what i mean by that is if something is late or cancelled you get compo, so thereby having a knock on effect, which in turn means lower profit for companies, so less for workers Not saying all compo is a bad idea but the stupid low end stuff like above has a detrimental effect on so much other stuff Also not saying that all companies are perfect |
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