Transport for Wales

[Eric Cartman]

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Not my problem .

Just think government should fund people to go to work and subsidy or fund business to take those that at a low point or disadvantaged in some way ..

Isn't that what paying the living wage does? Did you mean a universal basic income or something similar with your original post?

[Tito Fuente]

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Not my problem .

Just think government should fund people to go to work and subsidy or fund business to take those that at a low point or disadvantaged in some way ..

That sounds like socialism.

[life on mars]

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It's beyond hilarious you've failed to mention the decades of privatisation in our train system before this. TFW ordered new trains as soon as possible once they were in charge. What else can they do? Just magic up train and staff?

I'd nationalise the whole think and build in a no strike clause with independent pay bodies as its a core part of other people's lives that has to operate so others can travel and earn .

This is a cynical move, just as the suffering public that gave come hrough Covid some on just Furlough to be hit again by workers that were on 100% pay ..

I'd open the barriers let the public and seek train driving skills for those key areas .

In London hospital staff paitents rely heavily on these services as the only quick way into hospitals.

Maybe the tube operator drivers should take a pay freeze from thier generous 50k (plus )wage to fund the lower paid staff who are on a third of that 🤔

[Tito Fuente]

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I'd nationalise the whole think and build in a no strike clause with independent pay bodies as its a core part of other people's lives that has to operate so others can travel and earn .

This is a cynical move, just as the suffering public that gave come hrough Covid some on just Furlough to be hit again by workers that were on 100% pay ..

I'd open the barriers let the public and seek train driving skills for those key areas .

In London hospital staff paitents rely heavily on these services as the only quick way into hospitals.

Maybe the tube operator drivers should take a pay freeze from thier generous 50k (plus )wage to fund the lower paid staff who are on a third of that 🤔

More socialism

[Organ Morgan.]

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Labour activists will say, or imply, that TfW and every other public service ran poorly in Wales is down to central government not giving Drakey what's due under the Barnett formula purely to make Welsh Labour look bad.

[Its been emotional]

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Sounds like the Tory master plan is working.................
It's called a 'race to the bottom' 🤡

[chrisp_1927]

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The north to south tfw services are very frustrating at present. They've got some really nice sets of loco and coaches that are meant to be operating the majority of services a day. Down to a lack of crew trained on them they are often subbed out for a rickety 2 car train that should be doing local journeys.

I don’t think covid helped their training and bit they really should have done better. I've said before, but I really do feel like tfw took their eye off the ball in terms of the present. I've got no doubt it will be good in future, but it's really not up to scratch at present.

[Organ Morgan.]

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You have to wonder how much training is required to drive a train. Stick to the speed limit along different parts of the route. Stop at a red sign, start at a green one. The control panel looks simple enough to learn what's what.

Perhaps most of their, and the guards', teaching surrounds diversity and being sympathetic to transitioning blokes intent on becoming bearded lesbians.

[JamesWales]

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Sounds like the Tory master plan is working.................
It's called a 'race to the bottom' ��

You are aware how much the Tories spent (of our money) keeping the rail industry going for many many months during Covid when barely a soul was using them of course?

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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You have to wonder how much training is required to drive a train. Stick to the speed limit along different parts of the route. Stop at a red sign, start at a green one. The control panel looks simple enough to learn what's what.

I love people who say nonsense like this. Ignorance is bliss.

I'm not a train driver but I know one and I asked him about it once.

It's obvious to say it, but with driving a train, safety is paramount. They're not vehicles that can stop quickly like a car. I understand that a train doing 70mph would take about a mile to stop. I dare say the basics of driving a train seem straightforward, but that's not all there is to it. It's not like having a car driving licence and being able to use it on any roads you want. A train driver cannot simply just drive a train wherever they like.

Train drivers can only operate on routes and lines on which they have been trained and they need to demonstrate intimate knowledge of that route. Literally from start to finish they need to know every station, speed limit, signal, even gradients and be able to prove they have that knowledge. If a train driver doesn't operate a route for 6 months they need to be put back into training for that route.

[Alfresco]

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There used to be a direct bus service from Cardiff to Swansea that took about a hour, that's gone. Try getting to Swansea by bus now.

[WJ99mobile]

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There used to be a direct bus service from Cardiff to Swansea that took about a hour, that's gone. Try getting to Swansea by bus now.

There shouldn’t be any need for a bus to Swansea.

Buses should be local routes only and that’s why we need a integrated transport service

[xsnaggle]

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There shouldn’t be any need for a bus to Swansea.

Buses should be local routes only and that’s why we need a integrated transport service

I have just booked tickets to London with train line and the first thing on the booking page was "Have you considered taking the bus"
The train fare was 68 quid, the bus less than 20.
A train ticket seller telling me to use the bus!!!!!

[Alfresco]

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There shouldn’t be any need for a bus to Swansea.

Buses should be local routes only and that’s why we need a integrated transport service

If you didn't have a car how would you get to Porthcawl?

[JamesWales]

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It's beyond hilarious you've failed to mention the decades of privatisation in our train system before this. TFW ordered new trains as soon as possible once they were in charge. What else can they do? Just magic up train and staff?

It's beyond hilarious that someone has the temerity to be pissed off about trains not turning up and blames the owners and operators as opposed to a process that happened 25 years ago.

I just want the trains to work Doucas. Couldnt care less who runs them. In this case, they are run by a not for profit company wholly owned by the Welsh Govt - which is presumably a category on pornhub for you?

Anyway, my original comment, made many months ago was more a frustration at the WG's slow route out of Covid