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335B replied to the thread Nationalisation of the railways is already heading off track.I'm saying nothing about their Tufton Street neighbours, and disagree with guilt by association. They certainly aren't centrist, but...
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335B replied to the thread Expansion of LNER 70-min flex trial area ("Simpler Fares").Agreed. But if the railways can increase the fares paid without losing demand, that suggests they are under-charging their customers...
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335B replied to the thread Nationalisation of the railways is already heading off track.The CPS is many things, but "far right" is a serious stretch. Indeed - this is definitely "dog bites man" rather than "man bites dog"...
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335B replied to the thread Should TOCs abandon social media sites as a means to communicate with customers regarding disruption/service updates?.The point of an independent platform is that it is accessed by users, regardless of who they have purchased from or which operator they...
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335B replied to the thread Nationalisation of the railways is already heading off track.That's a very big assumption, when all the evidence to date is that GBR is following the pattern of both Williams-Shapps and the...
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335B replied to the thread Expansion of LNER 70-min flex trial area ("Simpler Fares").The revealed preference is not just from loaded experiments, it's what millions of people do over time.
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335B replied to the thread Taxing road users by mile.Because the Treasury is losing a source of tax income that it needs to replace. The "do nothing" option is not to retain fuel duty, but...
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335B replied to the thread Expansion of LNER 70-min flex trial area ("Simpler Fares").Within rapid transit areas, I agree with your approach. My point is about long distance journeys, where the package of journey time...
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335B replied to the thread Taxing road users by mile.Absolutely. Which is why, from a pro-rail perspective, the more complicated ideas are a threat to rail. In the political battle over...
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335B replied to the thread Taxing road users by mile.Significantly more so - those are about driving within certain zones in a relatively limited area, not tracking journeys and mileage...
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335B replied to the thread Expansion of LNER 70-min flex trial area ("Simpler Fares").Very possibly, which I also note has been government policy for the last 20-odd years (well, expressed as reducing the share of rail...
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335B replied to the thread Taxing road users by mile.Why? A huge infrastructure, large scale privacy intrusion, and maximum political risk. An average will work fine to get tax collected...
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335B replied to the thread Why should I trust rail travel?.Which is generally the right approach. Without wishing to sound negative, the challenge for managers is that the increase in supply...
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335B replied to the thread Expansion of LNER 70-min flex trial area ("Simpler Fares").Possibly, though I think you’re overestimating the willingness and ability of people to make changes on the fly. But my observation of...
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335B replied to the thread Reopening the S&DJR - What are the realistic prospects?.It was indirect, slow*, steeply graded, and expensive to work, serving nowhere much on the way. It was a joint line because the...