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35B's latest activity
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335B replied to the thread Reopening the S&DJR - What are the realistic prospects?.Wells was on the GW Frome - Yatton line; the branch to Glastonbury closed very early indeed and was even less viable than the S&D...
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335B replied to the thread Expansion of LNER 70-min flex trial area ("Simpler Fares").I'd suggest that the public interest is in the policy, not the detail. More generally, I've no problem with an integrated organisation...
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335B replied to the thread Caledonian Sleeper.That is still limited usage. And the challenge is that increasing capacity at current prices would require further increases in subsidy...
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335B replied to the thread Caledonian Sleeper.CS tests that principle to the limit, given the level of subsidy, high fares, and limited usage.
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335B replied to the thread Expansion of LNER 70-min flex trial area ("Simpler Fares").And that last analysis is ultimately the interesting one - does the change work in its own terms.
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335B replied to the thread Nationalisation of the railways is already heading off track.For travel, there are also choices about whether to consume. Those are practically impossible, even in aggregate, for power and water...
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335B replied to the thread Expansion of LNER 70-min flex trial area ("Simpler Fares").That is the balance that policy makers need to determine. I agree, which is why DfT's approach to letting franchises (notably) ECML was...
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335B replied to the thread Expansion of LNER 70-min flex trial area ("Simpler Fares").If that’s the model, then the logic works. I suggest you look at adult residential care to see where that leads - and it’s also a...
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335B replied to the thread Expansion of LNER 70-min flex trial area ("Simpler Fares").They’re not the same at all. Consider the cap on bus fares - social good is the purpose, but the result is not revenue maximisation...
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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?.Understood and agreed.
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335B replied to the thread Taxing road users by mile.The politics will be tricky, as a) fuel duty is unpopular, b) is not directly paid by drivers, and c) imposing a charge on EV users will...
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335B replied to the thread EMR - MD Will Rogers leaves immediately.And its the difference between leaving one section for another, and simply disappearing from a section while still on the line there...
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335B replied to the thread Taxing road users by mile.I don't think road tax or purchase tax make a blind bit of difference to usage - when owning a car, costs like those are cost of...
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335B replied to the thread Nationalisation of the railways is already heading off track.The trouble with this argument is that is a) also true of arms length organisations and b) the direction of policy has been to turn...
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335B replied to the thread Expansion of LNER 70-min flex trial area ("Simpler Fares").My answer was from a straightforward view of supply and demand - if a provider is charging less than the clearing price for their stuff...