This via twitter...
Today we are delighted to announce that Jon Veitch joins the Talgo team as Key Account Manager for the UK and Irish markets. Welcome,@J70JDV pic.twitter.com/SfFcrGWj3s— Talgo (@TalgoGroup) September 4, 2017
This from Hieronymus Bosch...
Reporting exclusively for Eye from today's exciting SWR launch at Waterloo!
So the Top Brass turn up at WAT for the launch. Shiny livery, cleaned etc etc. Then..the signalling goes at Eastleigh, points failures at WAT, crews become displaced and chaos starts.
The top brass disappear.
It makes no difference what the livery is and what colour it is if the management of incidents is poor. That is what this railway suffers from.
So, Crew displacement made to work by a roster of split working. The removal of TCS's to be replaced by robot ORM's who are lower paid and cover larger areas. The loss of experienced controllers with the move to the ROC at BSK from the raft at Waterloo. Questions over the adequate training of staff to replace the control. Lack of investment in infrastructure. The signalling loss at EH was caused by a COMs link being eaten by rodents. SnT shortages mean basic maintenance is being deferred.
At the end of the day asset management is key. Both human and bits of rail.
It is no good building shiny new overpriced track and stations if Incident Management is dire. That means building redundancy into the system.
As that costs money, it will not occur.
This from Porterbrook...
Porterbrook Leasing has confirmed the appointment of Mary Grant as its new chief executive officer. Mary will be joining the company and its board on 13 September 2017. She takes over from Paul Francis, the retiring CEO who has been with Porterbrook for over 20 years.
Mary has over 20 years’ experience working in the UK and international transport sector including senior roles at FirstGroup, National Express and Eurostar International.
Phil White, chairman of Porterbrook said: “Mary has an excellent reputation within the transport sector and I am looking forward to working with her and welcoming her onto the board. Mary’s experience and knowledge of the industry will be a great asset to the company.”
Interesting!
This via twitter...
Attention top to detail!South western trains timetable - Clapham before Woking apparently... pic.twitter.com/jieBpzMEeO— David Kirwin (@DaveKirwin) September 2, 2017
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