This is a test of GDPR / Cookie Acceptance [about our cookies]
Really irritating test - cookie expires in 24 hour!
Sunday crew shortages - 2025
As at 20th January 2025 22:25 GMT
 
Re: Sunday crew shortages - 2025
Posted by Timmer at 18:57, 20th January 2025
 
I’ll keep the inside information coming…

A temporary agreement has been reached for drivers for an enhancement on Sunday’s which means Sunday’s will join the current rest day work enhancement from next Sunday until the summer timetable change. 

So time-and-a-half and a guaranteed payment of 9h30m, instead of time-and-a-quarter.

Should make a noticeable difference.

Great news. Thanks IndustryInsider.

Re: Sunday crew shortages - 2025
Posted by IndustryInsider at 18:03, 20th January 2025
 
Thank you, IndustryInsider, for that ... erm ... inside information. 

I’ll keep the inside information coming…

A temporary agreement has been reached for drivers for an enhancement on Sunday’s which means Sunday’s will join the current rest day work enhancement from next Sunday until the summer timetable change. 

So time-and-a-half and a guaranteed payment of 9h30m, instead of time-and-a-quarter.

Should make a noticeable difference.

Re: Sunday crew shortages - 2025
Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 20:28, 19th January 2025
 
Thank you, IndustryInsider, for that ... erm ... inside information. 


Re: Sunday crew shortages - 2025
Posted by IndustryInsider at 20:14, 19th January 2025
 
Time and half for rest day working agreement I’m led to believe ended yesterday. Weekend running has been pretty decent since it came into place in mid December

It's still time-and-a-half for drivers to work any additional shift.  Except on a Sunday when it is still time-and-a-quarter (and always has been apart from 22nd/29th December).

The prognosis?  Depends on the negotiations that the DfT have finally allowed GWR and the Unions to undertake to bring Sunday within the working week.  Union reps have been busy getting ideas and explaining the possible outcomes at various depots over the last week or so.

The staff at Plymouth said they had some kind of enhancement which ended at the end of yesterday.

The only thing that ended yesterday was a two week or so period of guaranteed rest day work if you applied.  It was a rather daft idea for a couple of weeks supposedly to allow drivers to catch up on outstanding training.  Provided they weren’t breaking the Hidden agreements it meant if you applied for an additional shift (Monday to Saturday, not Sunday) you were booked out to work even if there were no uncovered shifts.

Cost a lot for very little gain.

Re: Sunday crew shortages - 2025
Posted by LiskeardRich at 19:50, 19th January 2025
 
Time and half for rest day working agreement I’m led to believe ended yesterday. Weekend running has been pretty decent since it came into place in mid December

It's still time-and-a-half for drivers to work any additional shift.  Except on a Sunday when it is still time-and-a-quarter (and always has been apart from 22nd/29th December).

The prognosis?  Depends on the negotiations that the DfT have finally allowed GWR and the Unions to undertake to bring Sunday within the working week.  Union reps have been busy getting ideas and explaining the possible outcomes at various depots over the last week or so.



The staff at Plymouth said they had some kind of enhancement which ended at the end of yesterday.

Re: Sunday crew shortages - 2025
Posted by IndustryInsider at 12:18, 19th January 2025
 
Time and half for rest day working agreement I’m led to believe ended yesterday. Weekend running has been pretty decent since it came into place in mid December

It's still time-and-a-half for drivers to work any additional shift.  Except on a Sunday when it is still time-and-a-quarter (and always has been apart from 22nd/29th December).

The prognosis?  Depends on the negotiations that the DfT have finally allowed GWR and the Unions to undertake to bring Sunday within the working week.  Union reps have been busy getting ideas and explaining the possible outcomes at various depots over the last week or so.


Re: Sunday crew shortages - 2025
Posted by LiskeardRich at 09:50, 19th January 2025
 
Time and half for rest day working agreement I’m led to believe ended yesterday. Weekend running has been pretty decent since it came into place in mid December

Sunday crew shortages - 2025
Posted by grahame at 09:35, 19th January 2025
 
18:27 Cardiff Central to Trowbridge due 19:51

18:27 Cardiff Central to Trowbridge due 19:51 will be cancelled.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

A number today - Bristol to Cardiff, Trowbridge, Worcester and Taunton.   What prognosis for this year (2025)?  No reports of cancellations on the first-to-go line from Westbury to Swindon because all Sunday trains since 22nd December have been cancelled with longer notice and bus replacements provided - and such longer notice cancellations don't actually get reported as cancellations.

 
The Coffee Shop forum is provided by customers of Great Western Railway (formerly First Great Western). The views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit https://www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site at admin@railcustomer.info if you feel that the content provided by one of our posters contravenes our posting rules. Our full legal statment is at https://www.greatwesternrailway.info/legal.html

Although we are planning ahead, we don't know what the future will bring here in the Coffee Shop. We have domains "firstgreatwestern.info" for w-a-y back and also "greatwesternrailway.info"; we can also answer to "greatbritishrailways.info" too. For the future, information about Great Brisish Railways, by customers and for customers.
 
Current Running
GWR trains from JourneyCheck
 
 
Code Updated 11th January 2025