Recent content by lordbusiness

No opinion either way, as I said in my original post I hope they do their sums right!

I don't think nationalisation would solve the industries problems. Whether under public ownership or what we have now it will still require a significant input of public money to keep going. Unless of course they are happy to let the Railway continue to drain public money. Arguably there are...

Stand by for a whole raft on NRC extensions in the next few months.

Any Board can say what it wants, but in any organisation actually doing it depends on the middle managers and operational staff to make it happen. If they aren't on board nothing much will change. A demoralised and unengaged workforce will not change or improve much. Ultimately, with the pay...

As a student of military history I always think the N of the LNER rather germanic and oddly similar to the divisional sign of a rather infamous SS Panzer Division. Also simillar to the symbol used by Gen Zers (and has been seen apparently as a tattoo!)

Proper risk assessment and effective controls. Good (in the main) IR. DIs and trainees paired off- no swapping and C19 tested very regularly- positive test by either DI or trainee- training stopped and not resumed until after isolation period and negative tests by both. Cabs cleaned after each...

I know the NNR has already been mentioned but last summer I rode on one of their services which included an ex Wisbeach and Upwell half-passenger/ half-bar coach that was used in the Titfield Thunderbolt Quite an experience!

Personally I think the whole delay repay should be done away with, or it is applied to roads as well. If my bus is late I don't get anything back from them. If I'm late or get diverted miles because the council or highways are digging the road up I don't get any compensation. If someones car...

To maybe add fuel to the fire..... On GA there has been no reservations since the 90s and LHCS went. I've never seen an argument over a seat since, people get on the train, find a seat and sit down.

I travelled Norwich to Chelmsford yesterday on the 0803 (first off peak) and it was rammed from Colchester in standard, lots trying to get on at Chelmsford- although a helpful PA reminder that there was another service 2 minutes behind kept quite a few back. First class noticably quieter than...

As a crime scene, responsibility for personal effects initially sits with BTP for evidential and DVI purposes, once BTP are complete and it is no longer a crime scene then responsibilty reverts to the TOC. Processing and returning any personal effects or property after a significant accident is...

A damn sight more than you can get with it now! :D

Agree, the 745/1 are horrible, cheap and nasty trains. I was quite pleased to get 755328 on the 0628 this week - I could actually get some proper work done and have a coffee at the same time unlike a 745/1.

There's also the added prospect of the civil serpents in the DfT, Treasury being on strike too. Just gets better and better. And yes, I could see some quite significant service cuts and possible line closures on the horizon.

Weren't Saltley crews called Seagulls? Coast to Coast and s**t on everyone