> On 15 Jul, 07:10, J...@
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>> On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:18:47 +0100, Conor
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>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>
>>>> Call me biased but I think the trains were the stars of the show last
>>>> night.
>>
>>>> May was impressed by the trains (he?s a bit of crank on the quiet
>>>> apparently) whilst Clarkson acted the pratt brilliantly, as usual ?
>>>> the Bill Oddy face mask was priceless.
>>
>>>I was too. "Late" is a minute over its due time and they recompense you
>>>with a free rail trip and a letter to your employer to explain why you
>>>are late. Average delay times in the last year SIX SECONDS. Makes ours
>>>look like a right fooking joke.
>>
>>>Oe thing I applauded them for was their attitude to twats using mobile
>>>phones on trains and buses.
>>
>> It works both ways though, my mind goes back to that 'metro' train
>> that derailed whilst raised up above the ground a couple of years ago
>> and killed about 80 people. Why did it do that? Because the train was
>> running late and the driver wanted to get back on schedule. If their
>> answer to trains being late is to the blatantly break the speed limit
>> (I'm worried that it's even possible to do so without systems
>> preventing it) then I'm not sure I'm so keen on it.
>
> What a pity that the motorists who dominate and swamp this transport
> newsgroup can turn a promising thread about trains, despite being
> featured on that loathsome 'Top Gear', into an inevitable discussion
> about cars coupled with a criticism of trains.
>
Far from that. It was a criticism about the crap service we get in Britain
on the trains against the excellent service that Japan has from its trains.
If Britain had a train service like Japan I might actually consider using
them.
Just done a return journey to near Swindon and back. For two people the
train would have cost four times as much, had aircon working in the car
(train aircon mostly broken down), good reliability whereas train would be
late and missed connections, clean interior on the car as my experience is a
filthy train and plenty of leg room whereas can't fit my legs in most train
seats. Yep the British railways need lessons from Japan on how to run them.
We can give the Japanese lessons on how not to run them.
