New Train Route To London.

[Irene Swaine]

2 minutes ago, BigAl1 said:

Have you been on TPE when two units are combined they have just one trolley dolly in the front portion, one train manager for the whole train and revenue protection officer usually works one unit and moves to the other

 

what is the cost of a trolley dolly as presumably they will sell twice as much with two and how many passengers do you need to cover the cost of a days wages

TPE have different rules and different union agreements to the EMR franchise. For a start, the TPE 185s are worked with a Senior Conductor, sans a Train Manager. EMR have to have a Train Manager in each Meridian unit for a double set. 

 

TPE work to different standards than EMR. Every unit on London services requires a Retail Host, that means if 2 units are joined together, the service requires 2 Hosts. It would not work having one Host work 2 units, as it takes time to deploy the ramp and re-load the trolley, which would not be possible with short dwell times at stations such as Derby, Leicester and Kettering. The stock loadings for one trolley would not match a 10 car formation either. I always tried to do atleast 5 runs between London and Sheffield, that kind of service level would not be attainable if I had to keep swapping sets. Some services, such as weekend ones, operate a buffet counter service, again each buffet in each unit would need to be staffed at all times.