RailCorp Reforms - News just in

goolgarrah · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 2:37 am Post subject: RailCorp Reforms - News just in

I just saw the frontpage headlines and I thought you bastards would find this rather interesting:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/rees-seizes-the-controls/2008/10/07/1223145357300.html

For those bastards who are too lazy to read the full article, I'd be happy to summarise some of the juicy points for you:

#1 It looks like we might be going back to the good old days of having the State Rail Authority:

Oldfart · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:17 am Post subject:

The article includes:

The Boston Consulting Group report was meant to provide the direction for CityRail and urged the retrenchment of more than 1100 employees. The savings were to be spent on security, including specialised police to patrol trains and stations.

The report recommends that all maintenance of carriages be outsourced, following the collapse of an agreement between RailCorp and the unions to reform CityRail's maintenance depots by October last year.

But the Government has baulked at implementing the report's difficult front-line reforms, and instead, it has moved to shake up RailCorp's management.

So, as I understand it as a non-rail person, this all means:

- More direct day to day control of the railway system by politicians and their entourage of "hollow men".
- The reforms mentioned in that report are less likely to occur, (for better or worse, I don't know).
- The union is delighted, which usually means things will now mostly be run to suit the needs and wants of their members, not the traveling public.

Have I got that wrong? How does it affect 'brands' like Cityrail and Countrylink? How does it impact on TIDC? Does it mean a fundamental change, or is it just new boss, same middle management?
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Uncle Harry · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 5:01 pm Post subject:

Bigged · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 5:20 pm Post subject:

The only safe railway occupation is a Driver.
If things go pear shaped as per my experience with PN grain you can always find another employer as Drivers are ALWAYS in Demand.

My Advise try to get on with a 2 bit operator like PN or Elshonko ect and cop it up the arse until you pass for driving then say fuck you, you bastards and get a job with a more stable operator!
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Uncle Harry · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 5:29 pm Post subject:

I suppose it wouldn't hurt to put in a few applications around the traps for a driver traineeship.

Bigged · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 5:31 pm Post subject:

Not just a few but flood the bastards.
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Benny · Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 11:44 am Post subject:

Latest name change rumour in a long list of stupid suggestions/rumours.

Railcorp Authority.

I doubt anything will change soon.

This to me sounds like another smoke screen laid out to soften the blow of increasing fares.

They usually paint a very bad picture saying staff need to be cut, services slashed and prices increased. Then, when it comes time to put the price up, they say "tada!!!" We won't slash jobs etc, but need the price rise to keep them....

Same thing nearly everytime.
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goolgarrah · Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 2:03 pm Post subject:

RailCorp Authority? That sounds pretty lame. Bring back SRA I say - those were the good old days!! I miss the orange/red L7 logo... RailCorp Authority doesnt make sense either, because if they're wanting to de-corporatise something, they'd remove the "corp" from the name...

TheLoadedDog · Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 2:45 pm Post subject:

Fuck off. Bring back the NSWGR.
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Bwana · Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 3:35 pm Post subject:

Cobraking/42101 · Fuckwit Crusher Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Posts: 693

Bwana ALL tracks in NSW are still owned by the STATE goverment under Country RIC which is... Rail Infrastructure Corperation which is the FULL title of Railcorp the outer lines are ONLY leased to ARTC.

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TheLoadedDog · Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 4:59 pm Post subject:

goolgarrah · Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 8:28 pm Post subject:

Fuckin sorreeee for not thinking 1950's Dog, geez louise! And you

NSWGR is good - I'd be happy with either. Just none of this corporation bullshit. What was the NSWGR logo, just the NSW coat of arms with NSWGR under it, wasnt it?

You can still catch a train to Broken Hill - so that covers a lot of the state... Maybe the Silver City Comet can come back into service, since they still have the appropriate NSWGR signage Razz

Cobraking/42101 · Fuckwit Crusher Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Posts: 693

Ummm the comet retired under Staterail mate which was a shitload of years after the NSWGR was wound up.