Comments on: Train in vain

By: Tony Kiernan

Tony Kiernan — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:30:03 +0000

>>out of the airport and straight into the hire care

Yeah, it’s fine at the Bristol end.

By: John D.

John D. — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:04:35 +0000

The morning Easyjet flight to Bristol is alright – I got it at the start fo October, out of the airport and straight into the hire care – sounds like Tony was unlucky.

By: Squander Two

Squander Two — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:01:09 +0000

> I thought the objective of privatisation of the rails (at least to the public) was increased competition.

The trouble is that politicians, pretty much by their nature, can’t tell the difference between introducing competition and outsourcing a monopoly. And they almost always opt for the latter. See also: rubbish collection.

By: Tony Kiernan

Tony Kiernan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:18:53 +0000

>>Glasgow-Edinburgh train run by Virgin or National Express
Oh, you can. But, it’ll take ages.

I’m assuming the spamguard took that link out. Anyhoo, the headline says it all; Network Rail send staff to conference by coach as the train’s too ‘costly’

By: Gary

Gary — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:00:05 +0000

> I thought the objective of privatisation of the rails (at least to the public) was increased competition.

Look everybody! It’s the man who believes the government! ;-)

By: Jamie

Jamie — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:43:19 +0000

I much prefer going by train, but it’s a total joke in terms of organisation and pricing.

I thought the objective of privatisation of the rails (at least to the public) was increased competition. What we’ve got is private monopolies – I can’t get a Glasgow-Edinburgh train run by Virgin or National Express, it’s First Scotrail. Same, going down the East Coast mainline, it’s pretty much all NE if you’re going to London, or anywhere after York.

By: Squander Two

Squander Two — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:24:41 +0000

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By: Tony Kiernan

Tony Kiernan — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:05:01 +0000

Trains ‘too costly’ for rail firm

By: Andi

Andi — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:55:17 +0000

I thought, couldn’t take that long, being on a couple of sites and yea glasga to bath will take you 7 hours with 2 changes, which is probably what makes the journey so long. so take the plane.

but for london, its quicker by train and first class coming back was only £10, last time.

as fer security, go berefoot!

By: Tony Kiernan

Tony Kiernan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:26:48 +0000

Time of day makes a big difference. Was in the queue for over an hour and missed the flight last time.

Rebooked on the later flight. Putting my boots back on withing 5 minutes of getting off the bus.

The missed flight was the morning Easyjet one to Bristol, coincidentally.

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:34:29 +0000

Really? Pretty much everyone I know reckons security’s a billion times quicker than previously – especially if you’re flying EasyJet, because you’re going through grown-up security rather than the cobbled-together screening that you used to get.

By: Tony Kiernan

Tony Kiernan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:32:17 +0000

Competition. It’s great innit?

(BTW, flying out of Glasgow at that time is crazy for security these days. Since they’ve moved it and made it ‘bigger’)