Comments on: Network Rail starts to think http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/07/03/network-rail-starts-to-think/ Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Wokingham Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:41:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: apl http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/07/03/network-rail-starts-to-think/#comment-3816 apl Wed, 04 Jul 2007 20:12:51 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=343#comment-3816 JR: JR:

]]> By: apl http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/07/03/network-rail-starts-to-think/#comment-3801 apl Tue, 03 Jul 2007 22:35:10 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=343#comment-3801 There is a third way :) What is the point of government subsidy of the rail system on the one hand, when you are taxing the rail companies on the other? That is just making jobs for There is a third way :)

What is the point of government subsidy of the rail system on the one hand, when you are taxing the rail companies on the other? That is just making jobs for

]]> By: Peter Turner http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/07/03/network-rail-starts-to-think/#comment-3799 Peter Turner Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:14:10 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=343#comment-3799 This may seem silly but what is wrong with double decker trains on suitable routes. It works well in Switzerland. We also have a funny approach to speed. Speed is not all that important. What is important is that a train leaves the station when it should and reaches the next station when it should i.e. we need to know the departure and arrival times. How fast the train goes between these two points is of little concern. Are our trains late so often because we have come to expect more than they can deliver? This may seem silly but what is wrong with double decker trains on suitable routes. It works well in Switzerland. We also have a funny approach to speed. Speed is not all that important. What is important is that a train leaves the station when it should and reaches the next station when it should i.e. we need to know the departure and arrival times. How fast the train goes between these two points is of little concern. Are our trains late so often because we have come to expect more than they can deliver?

]]> By: David Anthony http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/07/03/network-rail-starts-to-think/#comment-3798 David Anthony Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:44:07 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=343#comment-3798 I recently made a trip from Darlington rail station. There are no direct bus or rail links to the station from my house so I had to drive there. Coming back from my trip after only 2 days, I found that I had a bill of I recently made a trip from Darlington rail station. There are no direct bus or rail links to the station from my house so I had to drive there.

Coming back from my trip after only 2 days, I found that I had a bill of

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