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Topic: London-Nottingham train seats could be cut (Read 2076 times)
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Steve35
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http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=133942&command=displayContent&sourceNode=201398&home=yes&more_nodeId1=133951&contentPK=16468084Ho Hum. DfT up to no good again? This story is about the new East Midlands franchise which is out to tender at the moment. Bids are due in on 26/2/07 with the winner announced in the Summer and the new franchise beginning on 11/11/07. The last paragraph seems strangely familiar: "A spokeswoman for the DfT said it only set the minimum standards for services. "It is up to operating companies to decide what level of carriages will be on a service," she said. " Well yes, a TOC *can* decide how many carriages to put on a given service. It's just a pity she failed to mention that it's the DfT that decides the number of carriages in the *fleet*. And it's the size of the fleet that ultimately determines how many carriages can be put on each train service.
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sennencoveuk
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Steve, I think you have read this page already... but for the benefit of others, page 6 of http://www.bdixon.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/trains/MTLS-2007-01.pdf also talks about the DfT 'minimum levels of service' and TOC profitability in the context of services(?) provided around Bristol. I expect the 'principle' is the same for other TOCs / parts of the country. |
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