| Public comment on staff shortages Posted by grahame at 16:43, 9th October 2025 |     |
From Dorset Echo via Facebook yesterday
TRAINS are being cancelled along the Weymouth to Bristol line due to staff shortages.
Lots of public comment - here are those which have 2 or more likes (indication of at least 3 people holding that view:
What staff shortages!! All they need is a driver, ticket inspector! Is that really too much to ask! 2025!! (+5)
Then they wonder why people don't use trains so unreliable can never be sure about your journey departing or arriving. Pathetic .(+4)
Surely a train driver's height had nothing to with their ability to drive a train. (+3)
Next week it will be because there are leaves on the line (+3)
They try to get everyone to ditch their cars, when we have this kind of public transport. (+2)
What's new (+2)
Should be queuing up the amount they get paid (+2)
Don’t they employ ‘standby’ drivers these days? (+2)
I am reporting these comments without expressing a view on any of them.
| Re: Public comment on staff shortages Posted by grahame at 00:07, 10th October 2025 | |
Another associated story - Dorset Echo again
More than five per cent of services were cancelled in the year so far
CAMAPIGNERS are calling for more investment into a railway line after a train operator serving Dorset stations was ranked as one of the least reliable in the country.
CAMAPIGNERS are calling for more investment into a railway line after a train operator serving Dorset stations was ranked as one of the least reliable in the country.
Day trip from Melksham to Weymouth ... risky to suggest to newcomers. All trains running about every 2 hours.
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71% chance of all four trains running.
