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And thats your opinion. Which has been sufficiently debated and I think its fair to say their is still an argument for this service.

That would be possible. Not sure weather running past plymouth is commercially viable. Also to better integrate with the early starts of the naval base in plymouth you need to arrive at 7 or 7:30 latest. Also given the proposed merge split merge pattern already proposed I dont think integration...

A growing number too. Plus some actually pay their staff fairly, shocker. A disturbingly high frequency of "we don't / didnt get travel time" being mentioned.

I personally think the callidonian sleeper needs to provide a quieter ride and leave earlier if it is to attract business persons. Not syre if your experience is based on the old or new stock, but the new stock isn't that much quieter.

The 3 am option which includes 4 hours that the business has to pay for. Also, the law says any hours which are not yours to do what you want with an employee must be paid for them. Including travelling to a destination which is not your normal place of work. As you can do what you want on a...

If anyone was wondering where I said it :)

This is why I've suggested way back any new sleepers need to leave earlier and arrive at about 7:30.

To me, that seems really expensive and quite restrictive because you wouldn't be able to travel outside of London. Imagine the Gatwick mail center being connected to Stansted. Would save quite a few lorries on the M25.

Most will rinse you for every hour that they can if its within their contract.

The fact that their travelling for one of your meetings and you don't want them wasting half a day on day trains or airports? Many business run like this because they bill to a client.

Understandable. Where I work we are expected to take the lowest overall cost option when you factor in billing hours.

There are sections of the tube above groud, could you not just build a speacial loading station? I could imagine a service starting outside of the underground to connect a major sorting office to an airport or something. No idea how tho as the undergroùnd is not my expertise!

Difference is virtually no one can get sleep on a plane. Youre confined to a small space and have virtually no personal space. Its better in higher classes but you still don't get a personal cabin. Therefore compensation is perfectly reasonable when you fly. The reason business pay for higher...

Policies can change with the correct engagement. Also you cant compare a lie flat first class offering to a sleeper and then say a sleeper will never work because easyjet is cheaper. It makes no sense. Also its really not more expensive. You spend to save money. Particularly if you're billing...

Honestly i have. Every time someone is lazy I do a complaint. Still battling. Doesn't help that I'm visually impaired as well.

My partner is a wheelchair user, trust me the franchised operators do try. Particularly paddington who refuse to put anyone on a train if you don't get to the ssistance desk at least 10 mins before departure. Even if its the platform opposite!

Random thought, would you be able run an old tube train full of parcels during the night to get them from one place to another? Aware of the night tube, could fit in around that? Wouldn't use main passenger station, maybe sidings on the above ground levels to load and offload?

And before anyone says, the reason why it doesn't come out on top more for existing services is because the quality of the offerings is bad. It can be noisy, showers don't work, too late leaving (so the hours spent waiting for the service when it is simply too late to work has to be paid to the...

I would say hotel as you have a variety of options to choose from. You can sleep, watch TV, eat and shower. Assuming someone is paid £30 an hour. Tax and other costs of employing them is also £30, so per hour its £60. Recommended check in time is 2 hours plus 30 mins to the airport. To get out...

And costs the business money as they have to pay you for the hours on the flights and all the faffing about for it.