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Mmike57 replied to the thread Kings Cross Platform Rules.Not bothered on a regional basis, but inconsistancies within the same station are a cause of confusion. Having multiple TOCs each with...
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Mmike57 replied to the thread Kings Cross Platform Rules.I am not giving them to anyone, but I think GBR should be responsible for all passenger facing stuff including stations, so you either...
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Mmike57 replied to the thread Constant delays around the Sheffield area - what can be done to improve the situation?.I dont think splitting services between 2 stations is the answer it solves one problem but creates a bigger one, where your incoming...
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Mmike57 replied to the thread Kings Cross Platform Rules.To me this is at least part of the problem. At a major station every operator should be operating to the same rules with a common...
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Mmike57 replied to the thread Could GBR Introduce "Smart" Journey Planning?.Thats the problem, there appears to be no moves to have GBR front all operations, so the silo approach will continue. I am all in...
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Mmike57 replied to the thread Hall Class 7904 Fountains Hall.And also 6924 Grantley Hall which is about 1.5 miles away from Fountains Hall as the crow flys.
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Mmike57 replied to the thread Kings Cross Platform Rules.I can only say what I saw during one event, which was basically chaos, with LNER, GN, Hull Trains and Grand Central all trying to deal...
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Mmike57 replied to the thread Kings Cross Platform Rules.We experienced a similar situation a few years ago when arriving at Kings Cross in the middle of major disruption. As I see it there...
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Mmike57 replied to the thread Nationalisation of the railways is already heading off track.With water and electricity there are no 'competing modes' or alternatives, with rail you also have air, bus, coach and car use competing...
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Mmike57 replied to the thread Trivia: shortest train journey crossing a national border (both within the UK and abroad)?.Across a national border, but within Schengen Venlo (Holland) to Kaldenkirchen (Germany), ~4.8km/3mile
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Mmike57 replied to the thread Nationalisation of the railways is already heading off track.Maybe this needs to be rolled back to basics: What are we trying achieve? My own guess would be to provide an integrated public service...
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Mmike57 replied to the thread Nationalisation of the railways is already heading off track.And I believe there is public support for nationalisation of things like the railways where a genuinely competetive marketplace cannot...
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Mmike57 replied to the thread Nationalisation of the railways is already heading off track.I see the last two years as a missed opportunity, a Labour goverment should have been pursuing the public ownership agenda with much...
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Mmike57 replied to the thread The cost of living agenda - how should the railway contribute ?.Surely this is a result of fixed costs, for example wages, rolling stock costs. A carriage carrying its full completement of seated...
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Mmike57 replied to the thread The cost of living agenda - how should the railway contribute ?.Take our Local line: Cottingham > Hull, 4 miles, Undiscounted any time day return = £7.90 = 98p per mile Seamer > Hull, 50 miles...