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    coaches cheaper than trains

    .. even for a train staff conference !!

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/8354358.stm

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    #2
    Originally posted by chef View Post
    .. even for a train staff conference !!

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/8354358.stm

    In the same way it is cheaper send bogie wheels, shunt engines etc by road to the repair depot.
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      #3
      Network Rail said it looks at cheaper options for journeys as part of cost-cutting, as its workers do not get free travel or discounts.
      That is rubbish, see them all the time getting away with fares. Sitting in first class as well.

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        #4
        135 quid for a return from Reading to Coventry?

        FFS, it's not as if Reading and Coventry are really all that far apart; about 60 miles or so? How in the name of Beelzebub can it cost 135 quid to transport one person, by rail, 120 miles?

        You could hire a bleeding S-class limo for everyone and it would still be cheaper than the train.

        Sorry, I live in Foreignland where the trains are affordable. I can roll up at the station, buy a ticket on the day to go to Amsterdam and back, which is a round trip of about 220 kms, first class, and it costs me about 50 euros (35 quid or so). And people here complain about the price of trains.
        And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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          #5
          Network Rail is transporting 200 staff by coach from Reading to Coventry for a conference because of the high cost of train tickets, it has emerged.
          Why don't they just move the conference to Reading (or split in two if necessary)?
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            #6
            Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post

            I can roll up at the station, buy a ticket on the day to go to Amsterdam and back, which is a round trip of about 220 kms
            That would place you in Eindhoven?

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              #7
              Originally posted by KentPhilip View Post
              That would place you in Eindhoven?
              No, but about as far from A'dam.
              And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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