WatcherZero
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My cousins came up from the South last Christmas and they couldnt understand why there were no trains into Manchester on Boxing Day so they could spend their Christmas earnings.
- has plenty of multi-track sections
- has more bi-directional signalling
- has significantly lower service frequencies
- thinks nothing of closing entire routes for a couple of hours during the day for routine maintenance
- doesn't have the same safety rules that we do.
BR cost cutting measure introduced sometime in the 1960s or 70s which should be revoked. It is absolutely ridiculous that public transport is non-existent on December 25 & 26, this also includes buses in most areas
By law they have to be closed on Christmas Day now. It used to be the case that they were only banned from opening on Christmas Day if it was on a Sunday.My local supermarkets only closed from Midnight Christmas eve till 6am on Boxing day.
Even if you don't drive, you may well know someone that does drive though so you could ask them.Which is already the case for people who cannot drive.
If you cannot drive, unless you are prepared to take a taxi, or walk/cycle 30+ miles in winter, at most places in England and Wales and parts of Scotland, you are trapped in the same place from around 9-10pm on December 24 to 7-8am on December 27.
Urban myth! It was actually an attempt to drum up trade either side of Christmas.I just hate the word Winterval, invented in Birmingham for the display at New St Station for PC, common sense has taken it back to Christmas.
Do the football clubs provide any coaches for fans on Boxing Day?
Yes, but then most of the rest of Europe:
- has plenty of multi-track sections
- has more bi-directional signalling
- has significantly lower service frequencies
- thinks nothing of closing entire routes for a couple of hours during the day for routine maintenance
- doesn't have the same safety rules that we do.
The United States though does and I believe that there is transport on Christmas Day in some of the cities there.Other countries in Europe don't place quite so much emphasis on the 25th.
The United States though does and I believe that there is transport on Christmas Day in some of the cities there.
Shopping is irrelevant when it comes to train services outside Britain. Sunday train services are much better in countries like NL, DE, CH etc. yet hardly any shops are open on Sundays in these countries. In fact, longer distance train services have virtually identical timetables 7 days a week, including Christmas Day.
If you read my thread somewhere on here you will see that Infrastructure Workers do work all over Xmas, its only the TOC's who dont run services on these days, that decision must either lie at the door of the government or Network Rail.What if all power workers were allowed to take Xmas & Boxing day off? Soon would get Joe Public up in arms ! We work .... so why dont rail workers?? Get off yer butts and do it, you are not above the rest of the utility workers who do work 24/7.
Power is an essential service; rail transport is not.What if all power workers were allowed to take Xmas & Boxing day off? Soon would get Joe Public up in arms ! We work .... so why dont rail workers?? Get off yer butts and do it, you are not above the rest of the utility workers who do work 24/7.
That is a debatable point.Power is an essential service; rail transport is not.
You wouldnt be able to heat your turkey if you had no power, or watch the xmas soapsThat is a debatable point.
I do neither. I wouldn't exactly call TV an essential service so why not shut down on all TV stations for a day?You wouldnt be able to heat your turkey if you had no power, or watch the xmas soaps
What if all power workers were allowed to take Xmas & Boxing day off? Soon would get Joe Public up in arms ! We work .... so why dont rail workers?? Get off yer butts and do it, you are not above the rest of the utility workers who do work 24/7.
That is a debatable point.
You wouldnt be able to heat your turkey if you had no power, or watch the xmas soaps
You wouldnt be able to heat your turkey if you had no power, or watch the xmas soaps
Well, OK, rail transport is perhaps essential for someone who happens to be standing on Rannoch Moor but for people in essential jobs, there is (generally speaking) other transport available, even if it is a taxi.That is a debatable point.