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December 25, 2007
Happy Christmas everyone!
I've been quiet here for the last couple of weeks, while all around has been chaos. A new set of timetables, new stock allocations that have sent units haring all over the country, continuing staff shortages, and new operating practices such as selective door opening in place of Grandfather rights. Cancellation rates of TransWilts services hit 75% again the other day - three out of four trains cancelled, with 50% gone the day before and 25% the day after ... and I'm being generous there as there are one or two trains that I am assuming ran. Under normal circumstances, that will be a fair assumption but we do not live in normal circumstances these days on the TransWilts, do we?
But I can be sure that there will be no cancellations today. It's Christmas day, and I would like to thank everyone for their support for the cause that we're campaigning for here - an appropriate service on the TransWilts line. And I have to say that I'm more optimistic this Christmas than I was last; that may seem incredible - but we have moved forward from an official response of "don't be silly" to an official response of "everyone agrees there's a good case". There's more to follow on that in the new year.
Have a great day today, however, whatever and with whoever you choose to celebrate!
Posted by gje at December 25, 2007 06:00 AM