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Ccoppercapped replied to the thread Class 175s to GWR.You can call these new diesel trains abominations for as long as you like - the world has changed since the 'net zero' target was...
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Ccoppercapped replied to the thread The cost of living agenda - how should the railway contribute ?.Coming back to this topic after a few days I have a couple of comments but with the proviso that we may be drifting away from the...
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Ccoppercapped replied to the thread Freight growth to 2040 - how might this be achieved).The trouble with this argument is that most of the facilities in your first paragraph are in China. Many goods already come through the...
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Ccoppercapped replied to the thread Freight growth to 2040 - how might this be achieved).Oh dear, this is incorrect in many ways so some fact checking is in order. In common with many other countries discussions about the...
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Ccoppercapped replied to the thread The cost of living agenda - how should the railway contribute ?.I say again that I read the article a long time ago — probably some twenty or thirty years. I understand now that the classifications...
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Ccoppercapped replied to the thread The cost of living agenda - how should the railway contribute ?.Some 40 years ago I joined a Silicon Valley-based computer manufacturing company. I was based in Europe but had occasion to visit the...
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Ccoppercapped replied to the thread The cost of living agenda - how should the railway contribute ?.Eh? Did you read what I wrote and the references I pasted into my post? The survey/analysis/study quite clearly showed that, at the...
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Ccoppercapped replied to the thread The cost of living agenda - how should the railway contribute ?.You may well be right, but I can only go on the ONS's own definitions, a description of which may be found at...
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Ccoppercapped replied to the thread The cost of living agenda - how should the railway contribute ?.Maybe I can help here... ...if I remember correctly this statement, or a very similar one, was made by an erstwhile Transport Secretary...
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Ccoppercapped replied to the thread The cost of living agenda - how should the railway contribute ?.No. 'The North'[1] was once much richer because of the efforts of its people - there was NO central expenditure to get it going in the...
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Ccoppercapped replied to the thread The cost of living agenda - how should the railway contribute ?.I support this argument completely. Railways offer a 'service to the public', as do bus and coach companies, taxis, car hire firms...
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Ccoppercapped replied to the thread Should GBR have a freight business? Is the sale of DB Cargo UK an opportunity to acquire one?.Straw men. One of the intentions of unemployment benefits was to act as a safety net for people who had lost their jobs. That is...
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Ccoppercapped replied to the thread Should GBR have a freight business? Is the sale of DB Cargo UK an opportunity to acquire one?.Yes, agreed. And you don't have to assure me - I have worked in the private sector my whole working life. However your statement is...
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Ccoppercapped replied to the thread Should GBR have a freight business? Is the sale of DB Cargo UK an opportunity to acquire one?.This is another one of those situations where choosing brevity rather than describing the thought process in detail can lead to...
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Ccoppercapped replied to the thread Should GBR have a freight business? Is the sale of DB Cargo UK an opportunity to acquire one?.Consider your position as a possible commercial user of a freight service offered by GBR. Would you make long term arrangements for...