MAY 2024
Once again, our long-standing relationship and
expert base roster support
for a major London Operator continues for their May 2024 timetable change.
This could be you! Give us a call to see how we can strengthen your base rosters. Our free offer is still available.
DECEMBER 2023Our long-standing relationship with a major London Operator continues for their December 2023 timetable change. This could be you! Give us a call to see how we can strengthen your base rosters.
MAY 2023
RRS has started preliminary work with a major London Operator in advance of their May 2023 timeable change. Once again, providing expert base roster support and analysis.Want Roster Reports for your traincrew? Call David or Julia.
NOVEMBER 2022
Our support has once again been secure by a major London Operator for their November 2022 timetable change providing base roster support, including providing them with Driver Roster Reports. Want Roster Reports for your traincrew? Call David or Julia.
MAY 2022
Our support of a major London Operator has continued for their May 2022 timetable change providing base roster support, including providing them with Driver Roster Reports. Want Roster Reports for your traincrew? Call David or Julia.
DECEMBER 2021
The RRS Establishment Calculator is being used by a rail company to calculate all traincew numbers and help inform resource costs.
RRS is pleased to announce that once again they are supporting a London Operator for their December 2021 timetable change providing base roster support, including providing them with Driver Roster Reports. Want Roster Reports for your traincrew? Call David or Julia.
Summer / Autumn 2021
RRS is supporting a start up open access train operator during late summer and autumn, providing Operations Director expertise.
The RRS Driver Roster Report has now been updated from 5 critical KPIs to 6 - now including diagram numbers and SX, SO, SU ratios to support dialogue with train planning. Why not have your base rosters analysed against the 6 KPIs? Call David or Julia.
MAY 2021
Once again, RRS has been recommisioned to support a London Operator for their May 2021 timetable change providing base roster support.
JANUARY 2021
The latest RRS update of UK Train Driver salaries and conditions has just been completed. Headlines are:
- Average salary is now £57k for passenger operators*
- 10 passenger operators have salaries between £60 and £70k per annum*
- Average pay rise is above 4.6%*
- One operator is now paying in excess of £70k for a 35-hour working week.* Want to know more? Contact David or Julia.
After successfully supporting a London Operator through a number of timetable changes, RRS is delighted to be once again providing base roster support in advance of the December 2020 timetable change. As usual, RRS will be providing a comprehensive report updating critical
KPIs that can be compared to previous versions of rosters: spare efficiency, spare cover ratio, average diagram length,
average working week and Fatigue & Risk Index scores.
Why not let us help you? Call David or Julia to discuss.
Spring 2020
The RRS Workforce Planning spreadsheet
is currently being used to support planning for a London based operation. Why not have future requirements planned using our system? It has been used successfully on a number of winning franchise / concession bids, and during mobilisation. Call David or Julia for details.
RRS is currently supporting a London Operator in the preparation of driver rosters in advance of the May 2020 timetable change. There's still chance to help others! Ring David or Julia.
The latest version of the RRS Establishment Calculator is now in use. This provides the most comprehensive and granular process for defining the right numbers of on-train crews to operate your services. Don't leave it to chance, contact David or Julia for more details.
JANUARY 2020
RRS has just completed its annual update of the latest UK Train Driver salaries and conditions. Headlines are:
- Average salary is now £56k for passenger operators*
- 7 passenger operators have salaries between £60 and £70k per annum*
- Average pay rise is above 4%*
- At least two passenger operators have now introduced a 34 hour working week* Want to know more? Contact David or Julia.
Autumn 2019
RRS is supporting a major London Operator in producing the driver rosters for the December 2019 timetable change.
Summer 2019
A sister operation for RRS has just been launched. Rail Operations Solutions (ROS) provides interim management, bidding support, strategy, safety & standards, project management and operational readiness services. This provide our customers with clear choices on the type of support they require - rail operations or rail rostering. Contact David or Julia for information on either areas of support.
Spring 2019
RRS is supporting a major London Operator in producing the driver rosters for the May 2019 timetable change. Need support on producing or analysing your crew rosters? Current or proposed rosters, we're happy to help! Contact David or Julia.
JANUARY 2019
RRS has just updated its latest summary of UK Train Driver salaries and conditions. Headlines are:
- Average salary is now £54k for passenger operators*
- Average pay rise is above 5%*
- One freight operator has introduced a 32 hour working week* Want more details? Contact David or Julia.
The
latest RRS base roster report has been improved to include 5 critical
KPIs: spare efficiency, spare cover ratio, average diagram length,
average working week and Fatigue & Risk Index scores.
Autumn 2018
RRS is currently supporting two London based train operators - providing:
- Resource planning
- Traincrew Strategy
- Interim Management
^ Terms and Conditions will apply - information remains confidential to the operator and cannot be shared without prior consent of RRS
*based on operators reviewed and updated (some information not available), available data in the public domain, and current RRS methodology (RRS accepts no liability for the accuracy of the information)