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Post by vjaska on Mar 17, 2020 21:52:03 GMT
If they don't close schools, these buses will get slaughered with Saturday duties. My information is that if school buses are required then they will run separately to the regular Saturday services. Personally, I’d be surprised if the schools are still open come Monday I believe the government is thinking of closing schools in London as London basically has its own epidemic going on compared to the rest of the UK and is roughly 1 week ahead of elsewhere in the country. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2020 22:08:18 GMT
Many schools are setting up e-learning for classes. I would kind of be surprised if schools are open during the holidays to make up for not having lessons now as they will have to pay staff now during isolation and extra during the holiday, which I'm not sure some schools can afford. Schools spread out pay to staff across 12 months so they wouldn't need any additional pay and many teachers still work over holidays, either lesson planning or courses for the upcoming year so if they had to work then they would be available. |
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Post by foxhat on Mar 17, 2020 22:43:49 GMT
If they don't close schools, these buses will get slaughered with Saturday duties. My information is that if school buses are required then they will run separately to the regular Saturday services. Personally, I’d be surprised if the schools are still open come Monday This is correct. IF schools are open next week, the Saturday service will operate alongside the MF school routes. What I don't know is what happens to routes that have MF variations for schools, i.e. would the "school" trips on the MF schedule still operate as per usual but on top of the Saturday schedule? |
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Post by Paul on Mar 18, 2020 6:13:14 GMT
My information is that if school buses are required then they will run separately to the regular Saturday services. Personally, I’d be surprised if the schools are still open come Monday This is correct. IF schools are open next week, the Saturday service will operate alongside the MF school routes. What I don't know is what happens to routes that have MF variations for schools, i.e. would the "school" trips on the MF schedule still operate as per usual but on top of the Saturday schedule? That’s for TfL, the companies and the schedulers to work out. I don’t envy them that job! |
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Post by snowman on Mar 18, 2020 8:10:52 GMT
This is correct. IF schools are open next week, the Saturday service will operate alongside the MF school routes. What I don't know is what happens to routes that have MF variations for schools, i.e. would the "school" trips on the MF schedule still operate as per usual but on top of the Saturday schedule? That’s for TfL, the companies and the schedulers to work out. I don’t envy them that job! Already causing a mismatch, as an example 671 was running this morning even though Tiffin Girls School (and Tiffin (boys) school) are closed until further notice |
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Post by galwhv69 on Mar 18, 2020 8:23:23 GMT
Many schools are setting up e-learning for classes. I would kind of be surprised if schools are open during the holidays to make up for not having lessons now as they will have to pay staff now during isolation and extra during the holiday, which I'm not sure some schools can afford. Schools spread out pay to staff across 12 months so they wouldn't need any additional pay and many teachers still work over holidays, either lesson planning or courses for the upcoming year so if they had to work then they would be available. Oops, forgot about the pay being spread out Not all teachers work during the holidays and if they have to teach instead of planning resources and lessons, then there won't be any resources available by September |
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Post by richard on Mar 18, 2020 9:09:59 GMT
BBC London Travel is reporting that there are fewer trains running on the underground but didn't give a figure.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2020 9:28:04 GMT
BBC London Travel is reporting that there are fewer trains running on the underground but didn't give a figure. Noticed a big drop on passengers passing my local roads to the local station it's so quiet. Local buses also running pretty much empty max 5 to 10 passengers on board. |
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Post by richard on Mar 18, 2020 10:25:50 GMT
BBC London Travel is reporting that there are fewer trains running on the underground but didn't give a figure. Noticed a big drop on passengers passing my local roads to the local station it's so quiet. Local buses also running pretty much empty max 5 to 10 passengers on board. I used the northern from Edgware to Camden on Sunday there was only 4 passengers in my carriage. Even for a Sunday it was very quiet but I did change to a High Barnet train and that was noticeably busy heading north. |
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Post by M1104 on Mar 18, 2020 10:41:32 GMT
That’s for TfL, the companies and the schedulers to work out. I don’t envy them that job! Already causing a mismatch, as an example 671 was running this morning even though Tiffin Girls School (and Tiffin (boys) school) are closed until further notice Could be down to lack of communication in schedule adjustments between the schools and the operators. There have been previous incidents where a school bus has run despite the school being closed and vice versa. |
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Post by M1104 on Mar 18, 2020 10:45:40 GMT
My information is that if school buses are required then they will run separately to the regular Saturday services. Personally, I’d be surprised if the schools are still open come Monday I believe the government is thinking of closing schools in London as London basically has its own epidemic going on compared to the rest of the UK and is roughly 1 week ahead of elsewhere in the country. I've also been hearing that plus whispers from other parents regarding their kid's schools closing from Friday and in essence starting their Easter break early |
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Post by John tuthill on Mar 18, 2020 10:56:53 GMT
Already causing a mismatch, as an example 671 was running this morning even though Tiffin Girls School (and Tiffin (boys) school) are closed until further notice Could be down to lack of communication in schedule adjustments between the schools and the operators. There have been previous incidents where a school bus has run despite the school being closed and vice versa. Could it be contractual obligations? |
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Post by M1104 on Mar 18, 2020 11:17:23 GMT
Could be down to lack of communication in schedule adjustments between the schools and the operators. There have been previous incidents where a school bus has run despite the school being closed and vice versa. Could it be contractual obligations? That too |
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Post by capitalomnibus on Mar 18, 2020 13:58:19 GMT
The media have been scaremongering full stop that's why there is panic buying. I have seen various news outlets of people panic buying toilet roll like that's really going to help...NOT!!! The media are an easy scapegoat like Boris is, with a likelihood of having to self isolate people are inevitably going to be stocking up on essentials like toilet rolls. The only thing I've been unable to get is hand sanitiser although I've got a few bottles as it's something I've always used but inevitably the surge in demand for it is going to create a shortage, it's nobodys fault. This situation is unprecedented, it almost feels as though we are at war and this blame culture really isn't helping. Fully agree, on this I would say social media is part to blame for so much hysteria. So much essentials that people should have been panic buying they have not. They have gone for stupid things like toilet paper and pasta. There are so many other items they could go for which makes sense. I also do not get why is everyone going to the supermarkets. Your local small shops still have many of the same items, and they are not even over-priced. But I guess it is the mentality of people just to go to the main supermarkets for everything. It reminds me of Christmas when everyone just hogging the supermarkets.
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Post by capitalomnibus on Mar 18, 2020 14:01:36 GMT
I think the term panic buying is somewhat misleading, obviously people are going to be buying more of certain products than they would do normally and maybe I've been fortunate but other than hand sanitiser I've been able to buy everything I would normally buy. I'm not sure that the government does need to be taking extreme actions at the moment, close schools and it results in children being home alone because their parents are working or they just go and meet their friends anyway or stay with grandparents putting them at risk. The government might need to be taking more action when this peaks but nobody can force people to stay at home. Sporting events have been cancelled and that seems to be sufficient for now although obviously the situation can change. Some elderly neighbours of mine are carrying on pretty much as normal despite the fact that they are at higher risk, their attitude is that they'd rather take their chances than spend weeks or even months effectively under house arrest. It isn’t misleading - I work in a supermarket and have witnessed first hand people stocking up like a nuclear war is breaking out which is nothing like this pandemic. Children won’t be home alone - parents can get time off in order to look after children as has already happened with the schools that have already closed since the beginning of the outbreak. All parents need to do is minimise contact between them & older family members. The government has been slow and quite rightly most sporting events have been cancelled although irresponsibly, Cheltenham went ahead as does one rugby match - money prioritised over people’s health. The Premier League only acted after criticism was rightly levelled at them when leaked plans showed they were to play the rest of the season behind closed doors. Your elderly members are entitled to as they please providing they don’t put others at risk. However, if we end up adopting measures like in Italy, they’ll have no choice but to stay in unless granted special permission to leave the house. You say children wont be home alone, but many people I work with do NOT have the luxury to have their parents to look after their children. Italy imposed many measures and it still did not stop the rampant spread of the virus there. |
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