Reply to: Grrrr - bloody MP's

[lje]

Sir Nicholas, who has been in the Commons for 39 years, said he is now looking forward to standing down as an MP at the coming election.

I'm looking forward to him standing down too - perhaps the only thing we both agree on...

[Mich the Tester]

I have a whole 1st class carriage to myself just now

Excellent. I support the return of Pullman carriages as a sort of ‘extra-uber-first-class’ and the reintroduction of fine restaurant cars on all train journeys of more than 1 hour. Put the style back into rail travel.

[Bagpuss]

FFS If you book in advance first class is only a little more expensive, and that's what it's worth, a little more. On the (virgin) west coast mainline anyway (which he would have used).

The only downside to 2nd class is the occassional Rab C Nesbitt.

[minestrone]

Took a train from London Euston yesterday, lots of 1st class empty carriages where as standard class was totally packed, wtf is working there to estimate passenger traffic?

I have a whole 1st class carriage to myself just now

[Troll]

Do you buy 1st class tickets?

Used to on the old slam door trains - now-a-days 1st class is just a continuation of the same carriage (on my network) so not worthwhile - when I travelled to Norwich 4 years ago was the last time I used a long distance train and bought 1st class- reasons are:

Less people
Less idiots who have to vebalise their most inane thoughts down a mobile
Less idiots who fail to grasp the principle of amplification and that you don't have to shout down a mobile a-la two tin cans and a bit of string
Less female 'he said she said' type conversations
did I mention less people?

[AtW]

not sure i'd buy it -which is perhaps a good thing

Do you buy 1st class tickets?

[Troll]

Bigger seats, less people in the carriage due to less seats in it: well worth 25-30% premium.

not sure i'd buy it -which is perhaps a good thing

[AtW]

what would I be getting for the extra premium?

Bigger seats, less people in the carriage due to less seats in it: well worth 25-30% premium.

[Troll]

FFS dude, make first class 25-30% more than current standard class - you'd fill up those carriages and it would still be much better for just 25-30% extra.

what would I be getting for the extra premium? the experience would be the same as travelling 2nd class

[AtW]

Meaning your revenue would go down

FFS dude, make first class 25-30% more than current standard class - you'd fill up those carriages and it would still be much better for just 25-30% extra.

[Troll]

I am pretty sure there would be more people travelling.

The amount of people travelling on a particular train is pretty constant, so if 1200 chose to travel on the 11:32 seating 1150 comfortably would mean that the 50 would not buy a premium ticket to be crushed in 1st class.

Meaning your revenue would go down

[AtW]

Your mistake is believing that had they done so more people would have travelled

I am pretty sure there would be more people travelling.

[Troll]

4 of these empty carriages would have made far more money if they were made standard than 4 first class people sitting on them yesterday.

Your mistake is believing that had they done so more people would have travelled

[AtW]

If it was the other way round no one would buy 1st class tickets

4 of these empty carriages would have made far more money if they were made standard than 4 first class people sitting on them yesterday.

[Troll]

Why?

If it was the other way round no one would buy 1st class tickets