Thread: Southern rail strike talks to be held on second day of commuter misery
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Old 23-12-2016, 17:24   #47
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Re: Southern rail strike talks to be held on second day of commuter misery
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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu View Post
Old Boy.
Sorry my friend you are totally wrong.
If it is nothing to do with the Government, then why is Chris Grayling involved. He is the biggest pain in the arse going.

The Government should strip both companies of the franchise. The customers are being treated disgracefully. And next year prises will rise. And they are NOT stupid as the companies know that passengers will pay it.

Grayling should get the Unions round the table today, and get this strike called off.

He should take a leaf out of the Airports personnel.
Baggage handlers and pilots were going on strike. This was quickly resolved. So what cannot this dispute be solved/

This Country should look at China - l believe. There railways are conducted by computer, they run on time, are clean. And if they break down. They are taken out of service and replaced straight away by another train. So the service is NOT effected.

This strike is NOT over money. Its over safety.

If you check. Two years ago Boris Johnson wanted TFL to run trains on lines so that EACH station would have a train in it.
The Unions stopped this on the grounds of safety.

The Underground and Upper ground trains are run on very old tracks. And the tunnels are Victorian. So you MUST have a second official on trains.

IF you travel on the new trains on the London Underground now. ALL carriages are now totally walk through.
Arthur, my dear chap, this is not about safety. The unions have absolutely no case and I have not seen anything at all that supports their protest that the new arrangement would be a safety risk. It's not as if the same system that is being proposed doesn't operate without issues elsewhere on our railways!

Interesting that you think that because trains operate over old tracks and the tunnels are Victorian, this justifies the case for having the guards closing the doors! Very strange bit of logic there.

Interesting also that you wax lyrical about China. Do you know what they would do with striking employees?
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