No to DOO!
The Department for Transportâs âStakeholder Consultationâ document, released in Summer 2014, contained a requirement for bidders for the next Northern Rail franchise to set out a plan for moving to Driver Only Operation (DOO). In addition to this, it left the question of whether to introduce DOO on Transpennine Express to the discretion of those bidding to run that franchise. Moving to DOO nationally is one of the key recommendations of âRealising the Potential of GBâRailâ, aka The McNulty Report. ASLEF leaders have speculated that the Government and rail bosses intend to use the railway in...