cybertect said:The sad thing is that I really had the impression that BR were finally getting their act together in the last few years before privatisation. Certainly on the routes I used at the time, the number of late and cancelled trains tailed off enormously.
Roadkill said:Are you trying to suggest that the public should be held responsible for everything a government does? Do you feel responsible for the Iraq war? After all, that was started by a 'democratically elected' government. Or how about the various terrorism laws? ID cards? Where do you draw the line?
oneflewover said:We all have to accept some responsibility for our goverments actions. It is our failure to to make it see the majority view. The general apathy of us allows us to be governed against our wishes.
vive la france
oneflewover said:With regards to blaming the public:- It was for their conduct on trains and their ever increasing need for the cheapest of tickets and for for all wanting to travel at the same time, eg. commuting.
djbombscare said:If I remember correctly it actually pointed out that the reason they are such a pile of shite is because they are neither, and actually both at the same time. Some of it is held and run by the govt who have there way of doing things and some privatley run who effectivley rent bits of it from the govt.
Someone is going to have to educate me here Im afraid
Boston in America or Boston in Lincolnshire?I went to Boston for a funeral - £98 return
Well I looked up the prices on nationalrail.co.uk, a saver return (without railcard) is 'only' £49, and they are always available as long as you arrive in London after a set time 9 or 10am I think, excluding weekends.And what a load of bollox £117 return [from Bristol to London]. Which is Dia-fucking-bolical IMO.
Tom A said:Well I looked up the prices on nationalrail.co.uk, a saver return (without railcard) is 'only' £49, and they are always available as long as you arrive in London after a set time 9 or 10am I think, excluding weekends.