(30 May 2024, 6:24 am)Dan wrote Outside looking in these days(!), it would seem there is a big focus on marketing campaigns to attract back passengers in a post-strike world, but little regard for the brilliant basics or any kind of quality.
Appreciate it won’t be a view shared by many on this forum, but I for one am glad to see continued stability of the network allowing customers to re-gain confidence. I do wonder for how much longer this can be sustained.
With registration deadline looming for the fixed service change date in July, it will be interesting to see if there is any further enhancement to the network in terms of frequency, supported using BSIP funding.
There seems to be a big issue with vehicle availability, despite running an excess number of spare vehicles. This indicates a shortage of engineering staff which explains why “serviceable” defects such as destination displays are being allowed to run for months on end without being repaired.
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as long as the major repairs are not been left im ok with that. Dont want the engine to catch on fire or a wheel to fall off!!