Snail rail: Same old, same old
Much has been said in the papers recently about the rail chaos caused by engineering works and above-inflation increase in rail fares. Will we (those who pay to use the trains) see improvements in 2008? Please excuse my pessimism, but I doubt it. Read the excerpt below from the Thunderer column in The Times. Sound familiar? It was published 12 months ago:
Talking to the rail operator is getting nowhere. Overcrowding, delays and ever rising fares have left passengers with no option but direct action. It’s time to leap over the ticket barriers, burn our rail passes and send a message that the misery must end.
This is a day of mass protest on the railways in the West Country. The main operator, First Great Western (better known as Late Worst Western or even Sh*te Great Western), seems to have reverted to the post-Hatfield meltdown that all but paralysed the network a few years ago — only this time it is self-inflicted.
January 3rd, 2008 at 2:43 pm
The trains are driving me nuts! More expensive, more crowded, dirty and late.
January 4th, 2008 at 2:38 am
It’s crap and it’s chronic. Meanwhile, the chairman of Network Rail gets a knighthood in the New Year’s Honours list. Nice.