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[Closed] New L.U. cuts on the way.

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According to "CITYA.M." today, London Underground is to cut a further 400 jobs and leave "an equivalent number of vacancies unfilled" in a bid to "cut costs and improve efficiency".

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Posted : 08/10/2010 11:44 am
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Well, there is a current overlap between the three former infracos, and organisational restructuring going on to account for the bringing back of Tube Lines under the umbrella.


 
Posted : 08/10/2010 12:12 pm
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The number 52 bus in Sheffield doesn't terminate at Crookes anymore either; it goes all the way to Hillsborough.

The world of local public transport is indeed an exciting place.


 
Posted : 08/10/2010 12:15 pm
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Well, to be honest, LU carries 1.065 billion passengers a year whereas First South Yorkshire say that they carry 90 million about 8% of the numbers which is a bit parochial really isn't it?


 
Posted : 08/10/2010 4:34 pm
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I don't want to discuss it. From the replies, doesn't look like it's a burning topic for anyone else. Why is that?

Discuss.


 
Posted : 08/10/2010 4:39 pm
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Well, it probably means that there'll be another RMT and/ or Unison strike soon which you Northerners will have to watch about in the news on your moving picture box.


 
Posted : 08/10/2010 4:44 pm
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I am sure that the Big Society will lead to a car sharing utopia in the capital where the benevolent rich will relieve the strain on public transport by picking up their less fortunate brethren in the is400 and dropping them outside their workplaces. It will all be fine!


 
Posted : 08/10/2010 4:47 pm
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As a tightwad Northerner working Daaaahn Saaaaahf, you'll not find me lining the pockets of LU. Mr Dahon gets me around very nicely.


 
Posted : 08/10/2010 4:53 pm