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Originally Posted by martyh

There will be job losses ,the guards are losing their jobs to start with ,they will be given new titles and duties along with new contracts and most likely a lesser pay scale .If you think that introducing DOO trains doesn't involve cutting jobs then you are wrong ,the whole idea of DOO trains is to cut costs by cutting manpower

And your evidence is?

But he also said: "Govia Thameslink Railway is implementing these changes that will modernise services and provide better journeys, without any job losses, and it is disappointing that union bosses continue to overlook the impact they are having on passengers."

Southern has guaranteed that no-one will lose their job, or take a pay cut. The second person will now be free to help passengers, they say.

"The role of the conductor is evolving into the role of the on board supervisor and trains that have a conductor today, will have an on board supervisor rostered on them going forward."
He claimed there will actually be more people on board than there are currently and the on board supervisors will all be safety and security trained.

But Southern guarantees it'll keep two people on each service, they just won't have the same "safety-critical" role. Southern is only able to keep this promise for the length of its franchise, which runs out in 2021.