Comments on: Railing against the tracks http://www.fromthecaptainschair.co.uk/2012/02/10/railing-against-the-tracks/ Inane ramblings from the keyboard of a petrolhead Mon, 04 Apr 2016 22:29:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Matthew http://www.fromthecaptainschair.co.uk/2012/02/10/railing-against-the-tracks/#comment-396 Matthew Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:11:29 +0000 http://www.fromthecaptainschair.co.uk/?p=758#comment-396 Luckily I don't like trains. I say lucky because the nearest station to my house is also the nearest station to my office so its never an option for commuting. There are no buses from my house to the station either so its easier to get to the airport. All of this means I can get to Warsaw in less time than it takes to get to London. Which is also lucky because I like Warsaw. Luckily I don’t like trains. I say lucky because the nearest station to my house is also the nearest station to my office so its never an option for commuting. There are no buses from my house to the station either so its easier to get to the airport. All of this means I can get to Warsaw in less time than it takes to get to London. Which is also lucky because I like Warsaw.

]]> By: Doug http://www.fromthecaptainschair.co.uk/2012/02/10/railing-against-the-tracks/#comment-346 Doug Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:25:31 +0000 http://www.fromthecaptainschair.co.uk/?p=758#comment-346 "What I loathe is the fact that certain rail operators consider the cheap option from thirty years ago to still be acceptable for busy commuter lines." Sam, you'll find that rail operators can ask for certain types of train, but allocations are down to the Department for Transport. Also, one of the many 'benefits' of the joke that was privatisation is that our private rail operators on limited length franchises have little or no interest in investing their own money in replacement trains. Hence why the Government still has to stump up cash for new rolling stock. Your local train operator will also only dust off a Class 142 for you every morning when they've received a handful of cash from the local PTE. If there were no service subsidies, most local commuter trains - despite many being full - simply wouldn't run. They make no money. There's shareholders to think of before you get a new train...let alone a useful service. I should imagine if British Rail were still here, by now you'd only be able to ride on a Class 142 on the K&WVR! “What I loathe is the fact that certain rail operators consider the cheap option from thirty years ago to still be acceptable for busy commuter lines.”

Sam, you’ll find that rail operators can ask for certain types of train, but allocations are down to the Department for Transport. Also, one of the many ‘benefits’ of the joke that was privatisation is that our private rail operators on limited length franchises have little or no interest in investing their own money in replacement trains. Hence why the Government still has to stump up cash for new rolling stock. Your local train operator will also only dust off a Class 142 for you every morning when they’ve received a handful of cash from the local PTE. If there were no service subsidies, most local commuter trains – despite many being full – simply wouldn’t run. They make no money. There’s shareholders to think of before you get a new train…let alone a useful service.

I should imagine if British Rail were still here, by now you’d only be able to ride on a Class 142 on the K&WVR!

]]> By: Tom Gowans http://www.fromthecaptainschair.co.uk/2012/02/10/railing-against-the-tracks/#comment-160 Tom Gowans Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:54:26 +0000 http://www.fromthecaptainschair.co.uk/?p=758#comment-160 You are complaining about trains in UK? Just click on the link and look at the picture of the inside of an Angolan train. Go on, have a look and then really eat your heart out! http://www.gazetadeluanda.com/noticias-de-angola/caminho-de-ferro-de-luanda-com-servicos-de-primeira-classe-3141.html You are complaining about trains in UK? Just click on the link and look at the picture of the inside of an Angolan train. Go on, have a look and then really eat your heart out!

http://www.gazetadeluanda.com/noticias-de-angola/caminho-de-ferro-de-luanda-com-servicos-de-primeira-classe-3141.html

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