As I have a little more time on my hands at the moment I'm going to run a parallel thread to my morning train thread in which I'll be airing my views on the state of Britain's rail network and making suggestions as to how we can improve it.
In the first installment, we're going to look at a case study; that of the takeover of Arriva Trains by Deutcsh Bahn. Now, the reason I've been absent for the past few days is that I've been travelling extensively in the North West region of the network; the region that will be most directly affected by the takeover. This has involved getting out there and talking to people to gauge how things are before the takeover occurs from the perspective of perceptions of rail passengers and more tangible things like the state of the rolling stock. I shall then make another visit a couple of months after the takeover and compare and contrast the two scenarios. Should be a very interesting exercise. I should admit, however, that the initial part of the task has not been easy in the slightest. I think that years of neglect from Arriva have left consumers and staff in a perpetual state of frustration and exasperation and many responses I got to my questions included obscentities and insults directed at me. I do however concede that the rather brusque nature of the inhabitants of this part of the world may somewhat skew my perceptions. I'll be releasing a more detailed report shortly.
In the first installment, we're going to look at a case study; that of the takeover of Arriva Trains by Deutcsh Bahn. Now, the reason I've been absent for the past few days is that I've been travelling extensively in the North West region of the network; the region that will be most directly affected by the takeover. This has involved getting out there and talking to people to gauge how things are before the takeover occurs from the perspective of perceptions of rail passengers and more tangible things like the state of the rolling stock. I shall then make another visit a couple of months after the takeover and compare and contrast the two scenarios. Should be a very interesting exercise. I should admit, however, that the initial part of the task has not been easy in the slightest. I think that years of neglect from Arriva have left consumers and staff in a perpetual state of frustration and exasperation and many responses I got to my questions included obscentities and insults directed at me. I do however concede that the rather brusque nature of the inhabitants of this part of the world may somewhat skew my perceptions. I'll be releasing a more detailed report shortly.
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