Stamp of approval for trolley service

[TrueBlueTerrier]

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It’s the end of an era in Kenilworth – posties have ditched the bikes in favour of trolleys.

No more will you catch a glimpse of a strained manly thigh as the postie battles his way up Park Hill on a bike laden with mail, or see the well-turned ankle of a postwoman pedalling frantically down Castle Hill.

Now it’s at a safer pace with two feet firmly on the ground and a lot more comfortable for the posties’ backs.

The new trolleys can hold 55kg of post, as opposed to 32kg on a bike and be able to cope better with the increase in bulky items being ordered online.

Kenilworth is the first delivery office in the country to take part in the change and will be followed shortly by Rugby, Warwick and Stratford.

Mail will be sorted at the delivery office and then posties will be taken to their rounds in a van.

Geoff Hilton, of Rouncil Lane, said: “We came to Kenilworth 13 years ago and it was quite a feature of the Kenilworth scene seeing the posties on their bikes – it’s the end of an era.”

And the secretary of the Kenilworth History and Archaeology Society added: “We always knew when the warm weather was on the way when saw the posties in their shorts on their bikes.”

Ditching the bikes is part of Royal Mail modernisation programme being implemented by the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and the organisation following last year’s industrial dispute.

Dave Hatton, the union’s area delivery representative
for Coventry and Warwick-shire, said: “I think it will be popular with the posties.

“There’s a tremendous strain on their backs with the bikes and there are lots of cycle accidents every year.”

A Royal Mail spokeswoman said: “We are making a number of changes in delivery methods as part of a £2 billion modernisation of the entire operation.

“As we deliver fewer letters but more packets and parcels, we can eliminate the need to send out older, more polluting vans to replenish postmen and women by sending out all the mail in one go.

“All the improvements will help us in our aim of achieving a 34 per cent reduction in carbon emissions by 2015.”

[not me]

http://www.leamingtoncourier.co.uk/news ... _1_1316736

It’s the end of an era in Kenilworth – posties have ditched the bikes in favour of trolleys.

No more will you catch a glimpse of a strained manly thigh as the postie battles his way up Park Hill on a bike laden with mail, or see the well-turned ankle of a postwoman pedalling frantically down Castle Hill.

Now it’s at a safer pace with two feet firmly on the ground and a lot more comfortable for the posties’ backs. safer pace? not once georoute gets in!

The new trolleys can hold 55kg of post, as opposed to 32kg on a bike and be able to cope better with the increase in bulky items being ordered online.

Kenilworth is the first delivery office in the country to take part in the change and will be followed shortly by Rugby, Warwick and Stratford.

Mail will be sorted at the delivery office and then posties will be taken to their rounds in a van. so thats the vans not being used?

Geoff Hilton, of Rouncil Lane, said: “We came to Kenilworth 13 years ago and it was quite a feature of the Kenilworth scene seeing the posties on their bikes – it’s the end of an era.”

And the secretary of the Kenilworth History and Archaeology Society added: “We always knew when the warm weather was on the way when saw the posties in their shorts on their bikes.”

Ditching the bikes is part of Royal Mail modernisation programme being implemented by the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and the organisation following last year’s industrial dispute.

Dave Hatton, the union’s area delivery representative
for Coventry and Warwick-shire, said: “I think it will be popular with the posties. really,like many things recently introduced?

“There’s a tremendous strain on their backs with the bikes and there are lots of cycle accidents every year.” strain? with the mail going down every year? surely those on bikes 15 years ago must have been herculean?

A Royal Mail spokeswoman said: “We are making a number of changes in delivery methods as part of a £2 billion modernisation of the entire operation.

“As we deliver fewer letters but more packets and parcels, we can eliminate the need to send out older, more polluting vans to replenish postmen and women by sending out all the mail in one go. in many more smaller vans

“All the improvements will help us in our aim of achieving a 34 per cent

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[clashcityrocker]

“All the improvements will help us in our aim of achieving a 34 per cent

34% what?
Quality of service?

[not me]

"“All the improvements will help us in our aim of achieving a 34 per cent reduction in carbon emissions by 2015.”"

[clashcityrocker]

Mine is a more realistic aim.

[dvbuk55]

"“All the improvements will help us in our aim of achieving a 34 per cent reduction in carbon emissions by 2015.”"

And here's me thinking it was a 34% reduction in staff

[TrueBlueTerrier]

“All the improvements will help us in our aim of achieving a 34 per cent

34% what?
Quality of service?

sorry my crap cut and paste = OP amended

[POSTMAN]

“All the improvements will help us in our aim of achieving a 34 per cent

34% what?
Quality of service?

sorry my crap cut and paste = OP amended

cut and paste!! could be defcon 4!

[TrueBlueTerrier]

“All the improvements will help us in our aim of achieving a 34 per cent

34% what?
Quality of service?

sorry my crap cut and paste = OP amended

cut and paste!! could be defcon 4!

I like the USA

[malcolm3011]

We have been using HCTs for the past 8 weeks, now the mail volumes have picked up we are regularly taking trolleys out weighing over 100kg, way over the 55kg limit, there are no spare staff or vans to drop any excess mail out so the only other option is to go back to using bikes which some of us have been doing.Personally i find using an HCT has made the job harder and alot slower and alot of my customers cannot understand how it has improved the service by getting rid of the bikes

[clashcityrocker]

How do you take 100kg on a bike?

[malcolm3011]

How do you take 100kg on a bike?

You have to go back to the office to pick bags up but still quicker than using an HCT

[Lounge Lizard]

"No more will you see the well-turned ankle of a postwoman pedalling frantically down Castle Hill." The end of civilisation as we know it.
"Kenilworth is the first delivery office in the country to take part in the change and will be followed shortly by Rugby, Warwick and Stratford." What a coincidence ! All in Warwickshire.
"Mail will be sorted at the delivery office" That's reassuring