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I'm struggling to reconcile the fact that there's a penalty element with the nrcot language that it's "not a fine". A penalty element = a fine, no?

I thought the "penalty" element on a PF was simply a premium on top of the anytime single to the next stop. I.e. if the single is £50, then the PF is £150(?), but that's effectively the "face value" of the ticket you get sold.

I've not thought about this at all, so it might be a hilariously misguided. I've always assumed that penalty fares aren't in any way eligible for delay repay. But my speculation is "why not?" The wmr website (to pick one at random) says Is a PF, once issued, not a "valid ticket"? Front...

What's the remedy likely to be here (assuming the judgement holds)? I can't see them demolishing it and doing it again....

Gloucester. Platform 1 is actually on the outskirts of Cheltenham.

Counterpoint: Solar panels (lower cost energy), Railway electrification (less polluted atmosphere), 5G masts (better internet connectivity), more electric car charging points in urban areas (less polluted environment). NIMBYs are consistently against the lot of it.

As has been patiently explained many times already in this thread: 1. Other countries aren't the UK 2. They didn't. At risk of repeating myself, NIMBYism is not rooted in rationalism. It's rooted in fundamentalist opposition to any form of change.

You're literally defending NIMBYism here. The idea that everyone is happy with the idea of HSR _just so long as its not being built in their backyard_. And the associated housing developments, which the local residents are already delighted about. I'd argue that a parkway station would cause...

There isn't. Once again, wild speculation not actually supported by any meaningful data. I know this is the speculation forum, but this is about as laughable as the idea that we could also free up capacity by reopening (and quadrupling) the York road tunnels and terminating some HSR at moorgate.

Perhaps! None of them say that "... Pretty much everybody is opposed" though. The thing that's hilarious about this is that KGX is basically full.

You mean the wealthy bits who have a historical habit of opposing any development whatsoever? The opposed the M40 with it's myriad of local junctions too. 1779832394 Speculation not Bourne out by the data I'm afraid. Easy to confuse a vocal minority with a vast strength of feeling though.

Not everybody living along the route opposes it.

Because they're not acting rationally. NIMBYs are fundamentalists. Appeasing fundamentalists is futile.

How long would it be reasonable to completely shut the WCML for whilst this work happened? What about freight? How are longer platofrorms going to decrease the cost of moving a container from Wolverhampton to London Gateway? Capacity is not just about "number of seats", it's about paths...

I think increasing capacity on the WCML is the only way to keep reasonable control pricing in the face of ever-increasing demand. "If you think that's expensive, wait until you see the cost of *not* doing that".