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Well, they could take the same view as the UK Government have with HS2 in the post-Covid world and realise that enhanced capacity is no longer needed. If the benefits are confined to Cardiff and the Valleys why should the rest of Wales suffer? Maybe there will be steep increases to fares once...

They've cut funding to other public services rather than charge railway passengers (who are a small proportion of the population) more.

TfW chief executive is quoted in this thread as saying it's their only profitable service. If course, it all depends on how you do the sums. It's profitable for TfW after Network Rail meet the costs, which are no doubt higher than the track access charges TfW pay them...

I'm disappointed that they haven't increased fares to address the revenue shortfall. The Marches line is apparently profitable and clearly a resilient market given how busy it is despite poor quality trains, delays and cancellations. Introduction of the 197s would be a good reason to charge...

Maybe https://www.busarchive.org.uk/ Would like them.

Yes. And to be fair my regular pub hasn't put prices up for at least two years. I think the last time was during the COVID thingy when they started accepting cards.

Purina One dry cat food is now in 2.8kg packs instead of 3kg

A more extreme example is Aberystwyth on the west coast of Wales which has SY (Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England) postcodes. When the railways carried most long distance mail that for mid Wales would have gone via Shrewsbury. Remember that postcodes are routing tables for mail, not a geographic...

I may have recounted this story before, but I was in a pub when a teacher colleague recognised a former pupil and asked him "What are you doing now?" "Oh, I'm retired." was the reply.

I suppose that's quite possible, biologically and legally speaking. I know a former couple (now split up) where she was 17 years older than him and could have been his mum. I feel old when I find myself asking any potential date about her grandchildren.

The shops are franchises so are locally owned.

Presumably you were invited to the Annual General Meetings and given the opportunity to ask questions of the senior managers? My mother has occasionally written to Nationwide and received a written or telephone response. As to who pays, that would be the members but they also benefit if costs...

I didn't realise First still had a DB scheme so my last post might have been a bit wide of the mark. I know a lot about buy-outs as I spent several years quoting for and administering them in a previous life. They're attractive to employers as they get rid of an unknown future liability.

Presumably involvement in the Local Government schemes resulted from former municipal operations being acquired by First or its predecessors. The employees pay in a fixed percentage of their salaries and the employers put in whatever it takes to fund the pre-determined pension. Ultimately it's...

I seem to remember Woolworths were selling the fixtures and fittings as well as the stock during their last few weeks.

That's the sort of tough decision they'd have to make it they wanted a truly integrated public transport network though. Even more so if railway infrastructure was devolved and they had to pay for it as well as the stock and operations.

There is a 'transit mode' for cards and mobile devices used on board and it works differently to most such transactions. See section 5.3 of the Contactless Transit EMV Framework, the agreement between banks, card issuers and transport operators. This is the part relevant to you if you're buying...

True. Though the Welsh Government are going to introduce bus-related legislation and they could include a provision to protect bus services (if they're prepared to pay for it, of course!).

I wonder how much better the bus service could be if they abandoned the railway and spent the money on that instead? By the way, the 'blanket restriction' is on 'residential roads' (those which used to be 30mph and haven't been exempted). They may be A, B or unclassified. I don't know the area...

Or when you see the mistakes you made or avoided early in your career being made all over again by the next generation.