What a pity HT weren't so accommodating for the recent football play off match at Wembly between Hull and Sheffield Wednesday. It seems that they absolutely refused to run a late train Back after the the match (5pm kick off) so fans could get home on the train. They would have filled the train easily but it sound like they just couldn't be bothered. They are funded by the taxpayer and yet have absolutely no accountability to them.
As an open access operator I'm pretty sure HT get absolutely no support from the taxpayer. In fact, as they pay track access charges to Network Rail, it could be argued that they actually pay into the publicly owned element of the railway.
As for running the extra train, perhaps there wasn't stock or crew available. Perhaps they would have had to hire something in and pay overtime. Would a full train cover those costs?
Or perhaps they just didn't want to run a train full of disappointed or celebrating (I'm not sure which would be worse) football fans with all the potential problems that entails. I doubt I would be bothered either...
Maggie, Maggie, Maggie!!!
Out, Out, Out!!!