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When you sign in
- 1Read active disruption notices before changing anything else.
- 2Scan the timetable for cancellations and current delays.
- 3Check routes short of trainsets and contracts below 90% compliance.
- 4Review available spares and mileage-overdue units.
- 5Look at current cash and the seven-day financial direction.
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Before spending cash
- Will this purchase solve a timetable, reliability, capacity or demand problem?
- Could a lease or upgrade solve the same problem more cheaply?
- Will enough cash remain for maintenance and positioning?
- Is the train compatible with the intended route?
- Does the depot location create a repeated positioning cost?
3
Before expanding
Aim for full trainset allocation, a usable spare, no urgent maintenance and stable satisfaction on the existing network. Expansion magnifies weaknesses as quickly as it magnifies revenue.
Operator tip
The best time to open a new route is when the current network feels uneventful. Operational calm is spare management capacity.
4
If cash is falling
- 1Stop optional upgrades and new route work.
- 2Find contract penalties and routes with no serviceable trains.
- 3Return unnecessary available leases.
- 4Review fares and poorly matched rolling stock.
- 5Pause a persistently loss-making uncontracted route while redesigning it.