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Originally posted by Sockpuppet View PostHere in Poland a return to Warsaw from Krakow bought on the day in First Class (reserved seat in a compartment) is £20 return!Coffee's for closersComment
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostMaybe things would improve if the gov’t looked after the rails (as with roads) and private firms operate the trains?The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.
But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”Comment
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Dunno. Where does all the money go then? In energy terms one could cycle what, perhaps 50 miles for the cost of a bar of chocolate? That’s maybe an order of magnitude cheaper than transporting hundreds of passengers at a time by train, all of whom are using up a not insubstantial fraction as much energy just sitting there anyway. Not that I’m advocating cycling or anything, just trying to make sense of the cost of travel by train, and failing. Telling me that the gov’t are subsidising rails too, isn’t helping me at allComment
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostDunno. Where does all the money go then? In energy terms one could cycle what, perhaps 50 miles for the cost of a bar of chocolate? That’s maybe an order of magnitude cheaper than transporting hundreds of passengers at a time by train, all of whom are using up a not insubstantial fraction as much energy just sitting there anyway. Not that I’m advocating cycling or anything, just trying to make sense of the cost of travel by train, and failing. Telling me that the gov’t are subsidising rails too, isn’t helping me at all
The money ultimately ends up, where all wealth ends up, back at Moneylender Towers on the Wharf:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSBC_Rail
Crony capitalism: free markets for the poor and socialism for the rich.Comment
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Originally posted by Bagpuss View PostIsn't that the current set up? IMHO Rail privatisation should never have happened, it costs the taxpayer as much as it ever did and the service is hardly any better. The free market can never work in an oligopoly situation
As well, this morning when the train broke down...If transport in this wretched north west was integrated, I could have used my rail ticket on the bus..nope had to cough up £1.40 for a 10 minute ride. Well at least the bus was heated and the ride smooth. And it got to my destination in 10 minutes. About the same speed as the train from that point!McCoy: "Medical men are trained in logic."
Spock: "Trained? Judging from you, I would have guessed it was trial and error."Comment
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