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I`m not punishing anyone, the fact is I feel no connection to Heritage railways anymore, sad but true. So why should I give them my money, which, TBH, I`m pretty short of at the moment ! BTW, can you quote anything where an insurance company says nobody is allowed in a shed (even members of the...

Are you including the huge amounts raised by appeals, e.g. the GCR Bridge To The Future appeal ?

A few points spring to mind. Health & Safety is about reasonable risk, it is not about eliminating all risk as that is impossible. Relatively speaking being a builder, or driving on the roads, is far far more dangerous than walking round a Heritage railway shed, but the H&S Executive don`t ban...

It cannot have escaped the notice of enthusiasts that more and more heritage lines are becoming more like businesses. Not just in their revenue generation but, less understandably, in their attitudes to the very enthusiasts who support them, and, without whom, they`d never have gotten off the...

I agree with you, I can see no reason why they cannot let Railway Magazine subscribers have access to the index, even if they aren`t prepared to let them have access to the online content. You may almost say what is the point of buying the RWM in magazine form if, for less money, you can get the...

Allan Bird compiled a Railway Magazine index, but only up to about 1997, I have this* actually, it`s useful but it obviously doesn`t include any content for the last twenty years. I found this forum thread about it. Interestingly Chris Milner answered the "question" on that, he`s now the editor...

Am I the only subscriber to the Railway Magazine who feels annoyed that they don`t get access to the RM`s online index ? I have an (almost ! ) complete collection of bound RM`s going back to 1940, but, if one wants to find an article on a particular subject, how does one find it ? Each year has...

The kid is in more danger than if he been standing on the platform, but let`s be frank he really isn`t in much danger is he, it looks worse than it is. You could see and hear a train coming quite sometime before it get`s there and the kid is in no danger of falling on the track. He`d be in more...

The figures prove there are fewer people travelling by train, there are two main reasons, the economy isn`t doing se well and the fares are far too high. Example : every year I go down to London for the day, last year the tickets (1st class advanced purchase non flexible) cost me £78, this year...

That seems the obvious way to do it. I can`t think why XC invited all these problems on themselves by giving a reservation for a seat which may well already be taken......

Because the railways are a tax payer subsidised public service, which should allow equal access and benefit to all, it`s not a private company open to full competition which is entitled to pick its market. A bit like why it costs an absolute fortune to open a station these days because there has...

Where would they be able to do that ? Remember not everyone has (or wants) a smart phone, or they may have one but its U/S. What I wouldn`t approve of is yet another system which benefits people who have smart phones against those who do not (or who don`t know how to use the system)

I agree with you, and, in fact, am arguing for less seat reservations, indeed none at all for short notice tickets. As has been frequently said, the principle of a short notice advance ticket may be sound, but not the seat reservation.

Actually, if the train is full (either totally full or all the seats have been taken) you could argue, why is the train company selling cheap tickets for it ! The whole principle of the "Dynamic Pricing Model" is the tickets are only cheap when the demand is low !

The question is why ?

But that argument doesn`t stand up, pun intended. What does full mean ? The TOC knows how many tickets have been sold for that train, whether they`re for reserved seating or not is irrelevant. What the TOC does not know with any degree of certainty or accuracy, and that is the problem with short...

I just meant in the sense of an advance purchase non refundable non flexible ticket.

Short notice APEX tickets : why do they have to include a seat reservation ? I know Cross Country trains short notice seat reservations have been discussed to death, but I was thinking about the problem just the other day. Most people agree that the possibility someone can reserve a seat after...

Just to clarify, now that I`ve got the RWM to hand. Apparently the "Government`s strategic vision is a thorough overhaul of the 'archaic" ticket system (I agree with that but nothing to do with paper tickets......) suggesting the current paper tickets should be largely consigned to history by...

Did anyone see that short article in the Railway Magazine saying the railways want to get rid of "outdated" paper tickets and have it all on smartphones ? I wondered if it was a wind up...... It then went on to say a system will remain in place to cover those who have a problem with that, or...