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I do not disbelieve you. However, modern practices like we use in work is use as little staff as possible, and make sure they are good and do not get rid of your best staff if things do not work out! The staff on stations when things go wrong for example are pathetic. No managers EVER explain...

If it was run properly it may not need subsidising but to get to that stage it would mean years and off one operator. I suppose you mean like National Express with the coaches? They have cut coach services like the 508 5:20am from Cross Hands to London Victoria which did cripple me! It...

That is exactly what I mean. Bring the rails back into public ownership, and use modern day methodology, and they may have a chance of not needing susbsidy. It will not happen but it is the only way it could possibly happen!

Railways would only pay if they were brought back into public ownership. With better working practices it is the only way it could be done. however, subsidy is necessary I think as the rural lines will never cut it in comparison to heavily used lines. I bet a lot is lost on Valleys Lines...

I agree with you 100%. At the end of the day - if they do not take a risk they will NEVER profit - but in this current climate it is hard to blame them sadly :(

Arriva (in EVERY complaint I have made to them) say they have no call on ANY changes due to the franchise agreement being under control by the WAG. Amazing but being private and in the money, their German owners do not care and let prices rise to reinvest their end. I so hope the new...

Uk Population 1964 - 53,991,000 Population now - 62,698,000 That is over 16%. In a country this size that is a LOT of people!! It will also get far worse if something is not done. Resources are not limitless!

Foresight was lacking I suspect as they could not predict the VAST increase in population, tallied with the boom of the Tory methodology of screw everyone and let the rich get richer and the poor get poorer! It is where we are today! Public transport is grossly over expensive, and fuel is...

Fully agreed the methods used were incredibly archaic and badly judged! Porthcawl used to have a feeder from Pyle and was closed - the traffic there can be horrendous at all times of the year - mothballing the line would have been more sensible. These are little things that could be looked...

That may be the case but depends on stations intermediate to it. Barry Island has a fair few passengers 52 weeks a year, but that was not closed! The facts are that the audit was atrocious at BEST!

Barry Island in the holidays is a NIGHTMARE for us workers!!! In the week I travel Merthyr Tydfil to Cadoxton Tuesday to Thursday - I go from Llanelli on a Monday morning and back to Swansea/Llanelli on a Friday to be at my girlfriends in Gorslas. It is so bad, I catch the 17:22 from...

Hi all, First post from me and I despise a lot of what happened under the Beeching cuts, but as people said action SHOULD have been taken post war! Marples is to me a word I cannot post on here! For interesting reading regarding it, look here: http://www.bilderberg.org/railways.htm