Recent content by Schweir

I've seen a lot of people complain about the slow journey times on the West / East Coastways both on this forum and in person. What can be done to improve these services, or do you think they work fine just as they are?

I think the Horsham - Peterborough route is an unusual one (I can only comment south of London): - It is quicker to change at Three Bridges from Crawley / Horsham to get to the core - All the times I've travelled the service south of Redhill, it is virtually empty - seems a waste of a 12 car...

Wokingham? Reigate?

Can they not run 8 car services all day, and run the other set to Gatwick (like in the peaks) or Three Bridges / Horsham?

Three Bridges could potentially do with some more Victoria services (currently gets 2 per hour). Haywards Heath gets 6 per hour I believe as a comparison. I understand that it is meant to be the "express" service from Brighton, but the amount of empty seats I normally see south of Gatwick may...

As mentioned on other threads, more people are now realising about the cheaper Southern fares you can purchase between London and Gatwick, for the minimal time difference compared to the Gatwick Express. However, this is leading to many Southern services now becoming overcrowded with airport...

People need to start taking more responsibility and not expected to be spoon fed. Asking everyone to enter their railcard number each time they purchase a ticket, just because their railcard might have expired seems very over the top, however this makes more sense to help ensure that a person...

Why should people have to enter their railcard number every time they purchase a ticket, just because a minority of people are not organised enough to know when they need to renew their railcard. Surely a reminder email(s) that an indiviuals railcard is about to expire can be sent as a less...

Faygate, (https://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/ldbboard/dep/FGT) receives a half hourly service (during the strike day operating hours) in each direction on strike days, which represents a signficant increase in services compared to non strike days . One of the quirks of a strike day timetable...

A wage you think they deserve to be paid.

Like I say, what do you think is a "proper wage" for a RMT guard then?

You tell me, I thought that is why the unions are striking :lol:

Do you think RMT members are paid a "proper wage " then?

Not at all, just surprising people do not think 60-70k+ is a "proper wage"

"A proper wage" :lol: