Re: First ¡ê1,000 rail fare in history of British train travel
Tue, 3 Nov 2009 06:18:57 -0800 (PST)
On 3 Nov, 12:11, Bruce <docnews2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Posted without comment:
>
> The first ¡ê1,000 fare in the history of Britain's railways has sparked
> fresh outrage over the ?ludicrously? high cost of train travel.
>
> The latest round of price rises means a first-class ?walk-on? return
> from Newquay in ...
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Re: Double-decker at Ashford? Where ...?
Tue, 3 Nov 2009 05:56:22 -0800 (PST)
On Nov 3, 8:38?am, Stephen Furley <fur...@mail.croydon.ac.uk> wrote:
> On 3 Nov, 06:41, Paul <pierr...@iwon.com> wrote:
>
> > I read years ago in the Railway Magazine that the last two coaches had
> > been cut up. May have been in the mid-1990s?
>
> If this was the same piece that I read it said that the last *t ...
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Re: First ?1,000 rail fare in history of British train travel
Tue, 3 Nov 2009 13:53:24 -0000
Bruce wrote:
> The latest round of price rises means a first-class "walk-on" return
> from Newquay in Cornwall to Kyle of Lochalsh in Scotland is ¡ê1,002.
Anyone making that trip who doesn't plan in advance is a muppet who deserves
to pay that.
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Re: First ¡ê1,000 rail fare in history of British train travel
Tue, 3 Nov 2009 05:44:47 -0800 (PST)
On 3 Nov, 12:11, Bruce wrote:
> Posted without comment:
> The latest round of price rises means a first-class ?walk-on? return
> from Newquay in Cornwall to Kyle of Lochalsh in Scotland is ¡ê1,002.
Any conductor who manages to sell one of those on commission will feel
like he's won the lottery!
Owain
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Re: First ¡ê1,000 rail fare in history of British train travel
Tue, 3 Nov 2009 04:47:21 -0800 (PST)
On Nov 3, 12:11?pm, Bruce <docnews2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Posted without comment:
>
> The first ¡ê1,000 fare in the history of Britain's railways has sparked
> fresh outrage over the ?ludicrously? high cost of train travel.
>
> The latest round of price rises means a first-class ?walk-on? return
> from Newquay ...
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Re: Double-decker at Ashford? Where ...?
Tue, 3 Nov 2009 04:37:06 -0800 (PST)
On Nov 3, 9:32?am, Chris Tolley <cj.tol...@bogus.co.uk (ukonline
really)> wrote:
> Stephen Furley wrote:
> > On 3 Nov, 06:41, Paul <pierr...@iwon.com> wrote:
>
> >> I read years ago in the Railway Magazine that the last two coaches had
> >> been cut up. May have been in the mid-1990s?
>
> > If this was the sa ...
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Re: First ¡ê1,000 rail fare in history of British train travel
Tue, 3 Nov 2009 04:20:25 -0800 (PST)
On 3 Nov, 12:11, Bruce <docnews2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Posted without comment:
>
> The first ¡ê1,000 fare in the history of Britain's railways has sparked
> fresh outrage over the ?ludicrously? high cost of train travel.
>
> The latest round of price rises means a first-class ?walk-on? return
> from Newquay in ...
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Steam rail tunnel will cost ¡ê1m
Tue, 3 Nov 2009 03:28:29 -0800 (PST)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8339700.stm
A new ¡ê1m tunnel will have to be built as part of a plan to extend a
steam railway line that starts in Aviemore.
Strathspey Railway Charitable Trust is trying to raise almost ¡ê5m for
a new track to Grantown-on-Spey and to pay for platforms a ...
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Class 73 photos
Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:01:40 +0000
As threatened I've uploaded a batch of class 73 phtos to
<http://graeme-wall.fotopic.net/c1776240>
A second batch of pre-privatisation photos is due to be uploaded later, once
I've scanned them.
--
Graeme Wall
This address not read, substitute trains for rail
Transport Miscellany at <www.greywall.demon. ...
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Metrolink Matters - Where We Are At
Tue, 3 Nov 2009 02:46:18 -0800 (PST)
Here is a current report detailing the present Metrolink situation,
with some indications of future developments:-
http://www.gmita.gov.uk/download/2832/item_10_metrolink_update
Dr. Barry Worthington ...
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