Pretty serious illness going around at V/Line! (archive link because PTV won't want this on their website any longer than they can help it)What the heck is going on?
21 services cancelled in one day.
Pretty serious illness going around at V/Line! (archive link because PTV won't want this on their website any longer than they can help it)
21 services cancelled in one day.
The main driver manager at Southern Cross Driver's Depot has gone on two weeks leave. The other manager who gave out the written warning has been put in charge of drivers at Southern Cross for these two weeks. During this time, it appears that no one wants to work any overtime as every day at work is a risk to be warned or dismissed for trivial matters. With the dramatic shortage of drivers, no one working overtime is a disaster.Wow. Is this Day 1 of his leave? Because if it is I need to reschedule my life for the next 2 weeks. I dodged a bullet today but I don't fancy rolling the dice for a fortnight!
It is noticeable that the Herald Sun is now trying to paint an "industrial action" picture.
The problem is not the number of drivers calling in sick. The problem is that V/Line no longer has any standby drivers to cover the shifts that normal illness hits. It has been entirely dependent on the number of drivers who will work on their days off as to how they cope.
Apptly there is a Metro service having to set back in front of us so it sounds like something has gone wrong there.That could be a little embarrassing if that is the case.
I wonder if the spark ahead of us got wrong-roaded onto the RRL between Albion and Sunshine?
BG
And sorry, I should have said towards the rrl because Up V/Line services are first switched onto the Down track before again switching over to the Up RRL track so he probably figured it out before he ran out of wires.Does rail Transport Safety (whatever they are called today) investigate these sort of incidents and, if so, do they publish their reports?
Maybe the fact that he was looking into the headlights of the oncoming Down Sunbury might have been a giveaway.
This is all of course conjecture on my part. However when I checked the Metro website the line was a sea of Red due to an "operational incident" and nothing went past us on the Down track the whole time we were sat there.
Pity, we were having such a good run in too.
BG
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