Comments on: Notwork Rail http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/railways/notwork-rail-2/ The blogs of Tim Hall Fri, 14 Apr 2017 23:35:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.41 By: Ian Ball http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/railways/notwork-rail-2/comment-page-1/#comment-773 Fri, 23 Jun 2006 07:43:07 +0000 http://kalyr.co.uk/wordpress/?p=410#comment-773 Like thousands of other severely disadvantaged ex-users of the Crewe-Stockport line, I have been desperate for both a rational explanation of the fiasco, and a credible forecast of how the practical outcome will evolve. Tim’s Notwork Rail posting is the best I have chanced upon yet – thanks Tim. As a Project Manager from the oil and Gas industry, used to dealing with complex billion pound projects, I empathise very much with Tim’s analysis, and can see that Notwork Rail has fallen very short of the necessary experience to manage a project of this nature. It would surprise me a lot if most of the competence, experience and knowledge needed to plan this revamp project properly hasn’t long since been replaced with bright lower-cost young-uns somewhat lacking the practical nouse. Hence the ability to understand what’s there and how to upgrade it will have gone. This was a clear issue to be managed at the time of the insane fragmentation of the service. What amazes me is how passively the disadvantaged masses accept the endemic gross incompetence – and indeed why the operators of the trains trying to use the neglected track are not vocally backing the interests of their would-be clients. This point was well-made in a letter by Ian Turnbull to last weeks Wilmslow Express (June 15th). I fully endorse the need for senior heads to be assessed for readiness to roll in cases like this – for allowing this serious disconnect in their “organisation” to arise, and then for keeping the struggling rail users in the dark for so long. Without effective follow-through of accountability, nothing is going to improve. But then again – what forum are us few folks with any spark supposed to use to get any real action? It seems that the Rail Regulator is about as much use as the Water Regulator, so we have to find another way. Any (practical!) ideas out there?

]]> By: Michael Orton http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/railways/notwork-rail-2/comment-page-1/#comment-772 Wed, 10 May 2006 21:26:29 +0000 http://kalyr.co.uk/wordpress/?p=410#comment-772 I’m not sure what choice Notwork rail have here.

Evidently the power boxes built 50 years ago are comming to the end of their lives and once again there has been no provision made for the repalcement of the capital asset. The same problem which killed the trams – the councils were happy to take the fares, but made no provions for wear and tear.

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