Arriva Strike

[Barney]

RE: Arriva Strike

(15/11/2017 18:52)iMarkeh Wrote:  St Helens is a ghost town when Arriva are on strike. Apart from Stagecoach on 10A, Cumfybus on 139, Hattons on 297 (only services heading west), Link Network on 329 and Hattons on 141 and 28 (heading East), Hattons on 140 and Halton on 17 (heading south) and the 137, 156 from HTL (heading North) there is nothing. This sounds like quite a few services but given that the 10A, 139 and 297 practically all head the same way, as do Halton 17 and Hattons 140. No one in St Helens looks for alternative arrangements. They see Arriva are off and cancel all plans. Unsure about elsewhere.

*psssst* and Link Network

In 2010 Arriva was acquired by DB, the German state-owned transport provider. Since then, this organisation has transferred its profits back to Germany to help finance that country's public transport system. It doesn't seem fair to me that the staff who help create these profits are being vilified in some quarters for striking for a reasonable pay award.