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Railway Myths (2013)
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Myth 30: The politicians at the DfT know how to run a railway.
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Myth 33: The West Coast Main Line is one of the most punctual and reliable railways in the world.
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Myth #34: It also has oodles of spare capacity just waiting to be assigned; since there isn't a train passing by every 10 seconds on each track.
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Myth 33 - all trains provide perfect views of the passing scenery through the windows - especially in class 390's in standard class.
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On a positive note -and not a myth - the Travelling Chef on FGW is excellent - tremendous value for money and provides first class food to all classes ....
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On a positive note -and not a myth - the Travelling Chef on FGW is excellent - tremendous value for money and provides first class food to all classes ....
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Myth 35 - Privatisation meant that control of the railways passed into private hands.
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Myth: Even though Virgin is running some Euston-Birmingham trains with 5 car Voyagers, and First Class is often used to only 20% of seated capacity, the WCML is 'full'.
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Myth 36: Since the Siemens Class 444 is no longer available, it is now completely and utterly impossible to order any 100mph EMU design with express passenger doors.
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Myth #36. A random sampling of 16 middle-aged dog walkers in Great Missenden will provide an accurate overview of national public opinion on HS2.
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Certainly agree with that and what about splitting a train or two to reduce the number of train paths required by Vermin?
tbtc
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Yes - I think maybe we need Myth 36a "It is beyond the ability of designers to design something backwards compatible - the moment those jigs are destroyed there's no way on earth that anyone could work out how to create compatible units - unless we find a bit of amber with a mosquito in in that contains Class 444 DNA like they did in that dinosaur film"
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16 middle aged and retired dog walkers - (all socialist voters) - who had no issues with the M40 and M25 carving through the landscape , as it allowed their wives to get to the handy located John Lewis off the slip road of the latter.
Bitter , twisted - "moi!" .....
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And I thought it was only the 16 middle aged dog walkers in Great Missenden who'd be able to afford to travel on HS2 - probably without their dogs..
AndyLandy
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Myth 37: HS2 is a giant conspiracy, designed to deliberately destroy as much of scenic Buckinghamshire as possible, purely so that poor people can afford houses there.
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Hurray! what a pity most operators seem unable even to provide even horseburgers in cattleclass never mind provide first class food to all classes!
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myth 38: Scrapping services between Victoria and London Bridge via Denmark Hill and replacing it with london overground has benefited the general public greatly
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Damn right it isn't! D:
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myth 40: you and your mates can replace track in a quarter of the time that the trained professionals
DarloRich
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Myth 41 - You and your mates can do it much cheaper than trained professionals despite the fact you have sod all understanding of the job!
Myth 42 - Private companies would do a much better job at the management, planning and implementation of infrastructure improvement works ( cf Evergreen)
Myth 43: Flying is cheaper than the railway, and to prove this, it's perfectly fine to compare the cost of a flight from Stansted to Edinburgh booked six months in advance with a walk-up railway ticket from Kings Cross to Waverley.
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Myth 44: Railway photographs are ruined by having people in them.
Penmorfa
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Myth 46: There was a golden age of steam
Myth 11(b):
Any route closed under dubious circumstances in the past 6 decades must by default have an overwhelmingly positive socio-economic business case for reopening today; any studies that demonstrate contrary-wise are written by those who don't have a clue.
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Myth 47: Greater Anglia are the worst train operator known to mankind
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