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I'm sure someone will say why this can't be so but I would have thought this would have been an obvious solution in many cases?
Also, as a general point - if the railway was re-nationalised the only people who would win are the lawyers. I doubt very much anything would get 'better' or indeed...
Yeah, I'm not saying all. Just saying that I can understand why they want to leave work in work. However, my father in law goes a little bit misty eyed when you get him talking about 47s and mk2 rakes out of a certain North Norfolk station, back in t'day... Then he snaps himself out of it and...
My in-laws. It was a favourite past-time of one to pretend that they knew absolutely nothing about their job when questioned about something by an enthusiast.
Then again, I wouldn't want to spend my free time doing what I was paid to do most of the time, so I totally get that!
Yeah, that thought was based on a conversation overheard while travelling down there some years ago while all the trains had been diverted that morning (and this thread had me wondering if there was any truth in it!).
The London end is stuffed in though
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