Said to be extremely good. I've not had chance to read it yet, though, and it's £40 so I'm thinking twice before pressing the 'add to basket' option on Amazon...
This is the way forward with rail transport
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Said to be extremely good. I've not had chance to read it yet, though, and it's £40 so I'm thinking twice before pressing the 'add to basket' option on Amazon...
Said to be extremely good. I've not had chance to read it yet, though, and it's £40 so I'm thinking twice before pressing the 'add to basket' option on Amazon...
I'll lend you it
i've tried to read all the thread but may have missed someone making this point.
the reason the trains in Spain can make up so much time is becasue they don't have to make anything like the same amount of stops as they do in the UK.
The East Coast mainline you're lucky to get to Edinburgh only stopping at Peterborough, Doncaster, York and Newcastle. Whereas in Spain Madrid to Barcelona will only stop three or four times. How would you decide which cities deserved high speed stops?
the reason the trains in Spain can make up so much time is becasue they don't have to make anything like the same amount of stops as they do in the UK.
The East Coast mainline you're lucky to get to Edinburgh only stopping at Peterborough, Doncaster, York and Newcastle. Whereas in Spain Madrid to Barcelona will only stop three or four times. How would you decide which cities deserved high speed stops?
davesgcr
Reading books
The book you refer to was written by a chap (Steve Poole) who I used to work with - I can vouch for the veracity of the stories as they were all narrated to me over various times. Top man - who writes it - as it was ! (no one else has documented in such a way what it was like for the aspirant young managers in the nationalised industry.
He is still around and I got the book autographed the other year.
Severn Valley trip ?
He is still around and I got the book autographed the other year.
Severn Valley trip ?
Outing to the Severn Valley Railway on 19th July. Have a look in the Community forum for the thread. Basically, it'll be me, _pH_, bees and longdoggy getting enthusiastic about steam engines whilst the others try and pretend we're not with them, after which we all go to the pub.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Outing to the Severn Valley Railway on 19th July. Have a look in the Community forum for the thread. Basically, it'll be me, _pH_, bees and longdoggy getting enthusiastic about steam engines whilst the others try and pretend we're not with them, after which we all go to the pub.
I don't think I've ever looked forward to an Urban day out quite as much as I have this one
