"Woke" just means putting a modicum of effort into not being a cunt.
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rpmarks.bsky.social
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rpmarks.bsky.social
@RPMarks
Train driver, husband, dad/grandpa, snapper, whippet owner, cider & ale fan, centre-left. ASLEF. Part-time misanthrope. Opinions unrelated to employer.
Buckinghamshire Katılım Haziran 2009
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@ajf43 I'm a tower of strength. Worry not. Just got to do mighty battle with the rail industry absence management system.
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@RPMarks So sorry to hear this. Difficult times for you both. You feel pressure to stay strong, but you need support too. It's OK to be vulnerable, reach out to those who care.
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@mouldyscone Demonstrably saves lives. Yeah, it is irritating but find something else to be angry about.
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The 20mph is honestly an abomination… I can’t explain how infuriating it is. From the car being like wtf you doing. To having to constantly watch the speed. The plebs who thought this up should have their licence taken away. As clearly they don’t know how to drive.
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Rail artefact feature: a broken Midland Railway chair dated 1889. I found it at the former Stroud Road subway on the MR Tuffley loop, Gloucester, about 30 years ago, after part of the retaining wall collapsed. And yes, I do need to repaint my shed.
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@SomersetWasBlue @MarkJLittlewood @obioneyouknowme I won't be. I've only known one industrial dispute in my 23 years as a driver, and that was openly about pay.
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@RPMarks @MarkJLittlewood @obioneyouknowme You’ll be telling us next that the many strikes since privatisation were never about money! Pull the other one…it’s got bells on!!
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Over the last 24 hours I have attempted to make a fairy simple journey from London to Wiltshire and back. Two of my trains were cancelled. Of the five I did get on, all were late and one didn’t even make it to my intended (and advertised) destination. Why are rail staff getting pay rises again?
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@swtrains_watch @SW_Help One of the problems, in my experience, is that things like PIS systems are specified and procured with little or no input from the local station managers who actually run the stations and know what is needed.
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Is there anything more frustrating than the "rolling delay" on rail apps and station boards? A train is completely stationary, yet the system just pushes the expected time back 2 minutes, every 2 minutes. How is this artificial guesswork helpful? Just admit it's delayed! @SW_Help
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@MarkJLittlewood @SomersetWasBlue @obioneyouknowme You couldn't be more wrong. Train driver wages rose significantly after privatisation, and it was largely driven by market forces. Much cheaper to offer higher £ and attract a qualified driver from elsewhere than to train one from scratch. Also, closed shop is nonsense.
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@SomersetWasBlue @obioneyouknowme If there was open competition rather than an effective closed shop wages would likely fall.
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@KieraDiss You are a ridiculous person. Peronally, I'd have insisted on paying for their food.
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While white Brits are being abused, this “Uncle” and his pals in uniform are busy getting kebabs.
You’d like to think this is some sort of community campaign video.
Nope, just lunchtime.
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47456 powering through the Gloucester avoiding line on 15/07/90.
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@mark395625 That account produces a consistent stream of shite. Best ignored.
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@HarleysTravels Whatever your views on nationalisation, this is just irellevant candyfloss/flummery. Show me an industry strucure at arms length from DfT control, and I'll begin to take it seriously.
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Complete with a not "GBR" interior!
It's hilarious that the train has a GWR interior still.
Department for Transport@transportgovuk
Introducing the very first Great British Railways train 🚆 You can now spot the new GBR train in real life as the new branding starts rolling out gradually across the rail network. Another step towards a simpler, better railway under GBR which puts passengers and customers first.
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@liamjw745 @MissCatTrap Further improvements needed, but that is a good start.
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@BMLBod Hmm. The Intercity brand was made available to suitable TOCs in the early privatisation years (because it was apparently indispensible). Only Great Western took it up, and they quickly phased to out when the new brand proved stronger.
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No InterCity. It’s one of the strongest brands the railway ever created and they should absolutely resurrect it under GBR. I hope the government doesn’t see it as too linked to BR, because it has definitely transcended it in the public consciousness.
Harleys Travels @HarleysTravels
Funny how there's no Great British Railways | Gatwick Express or Great British Railways | Heathrow Express Does this mean the HX and GX will become part of Great Western and Southern, maybe?
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31427 arriving at Gloucester with a parcels train. 29th June 1989.
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@SusieMGoss Careful what you wish for. The alternative is booked seats only. No booking, no travel.
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Hi @GWRHelp, what compensation are you offering to passengers who’ve paid £90 to travel on the massively over-booked, standing room only 19:04 train from Paddington to Plymouth? How can you force people to stand for hours when tickets cost so much? Disgusting!
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@Clinnick1 @SouthernRailUK Works better on this than it did on the Hitachi mock-up. Still not a big fan though. What I don't get is, if it is based on the union flag, why are there two different shades of blue in the livery?
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Pic from John Vaughan of @SouthernRailUK 387172 in GBR livery. My take? I personally wouldn't use a flag at the moment, but I don't hate the livery - there are worse. I just think there are more important issues to deal with around GBR than this.
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@alexmaccaroon That's an "alternative fact" - not a fun fact.
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FUN FACT: one of the reasons that HS2 has been such a ballache has been the lines have to be perfectly straight in large sections to hit the high speeds.
GB Politics@GBPolitcs
🚨NEW: Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander is expected to confirm that HS2 trains will run slower than initially planned, in a bid to cut costs
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@LewisJWarner @Heidi_Labour Because obviously, you lay the track first and then build the formation. Why do people keep repeating this asinine soundbite?
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🚨 HS2 UPDATE 🚨
Transport Sec @Heidi_Labour says most of the HS2 budget was blown without a single meter of track being laid.
New estimated cost is £87.7bn - £102.7bn!
Partly down to underestimating real cost, also inflation.
Trains won't run until May 2036 - Oct 2039!
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