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Why would my wife make the rating worse?? :giggle:

And what about the rolling stock? And what about the inevitable additional management tiers .... As I said, even if you can balance the books on Day 1, some parts of the network will run at a loss (running costs v ticket sales) so those parts will need to break even by monies from the other...

I really don't care either way. Whatever system is in place (private or re-nationalised) railway travel is really up against it as a way of getting from A to B save for those poor barstewards who are forced to use it for their daily commute or those purists and tourists for who it is a thrilling...

If only that were true... Let's assume that tomorrow all private rail companies are replaced by a new nationalised outfit (let's call it Brexit Rail :evil:) It is true that HMG would reap the benefit of no longer having to pay the subsidies but this has to be offset by (a)No repayments coming...

There are a number of lines which don't make a profit. The reason these private companies 'make a profit' from those loss-making lines is down to subsidies and the reduction in rail access costs. Remove the subsidies and reduced access costs for lines such as the east and west coast lines and...

I am not talking about making a profit per se. What I am saying is that IF one of the premises of re-nationalisation is to retain all lines and routes which currently operate then it follows that some of these lines/routes will run at a loss. To balance the books, monies to maintain the...

I think it's a lose/lose situation whichever way you look at it providing the aim is to retain all current lines and routes. With the availability of cheaper and faster methods of getting from A to B, many routes will remain running at a loss. If we go down the re-nationalisation route, the...

My point is that decades ago, when I travelled up North on trains, the trains were often full. I recall having to stand all the way on numerous joirneys. Many people used these trains and I would imagine the routes either paid for themselves or made a profit. Not so now. I cannot see how a...

I didn't just say air travel - I included a better roads infrastructure. I used to use the train regularly for journeys from London to Perth. At that time, even though it took a heck of a lot longer (8 hours direct on the Inverness service), air travel was prohibitively expensive and coach...

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Difficulty in re-nationalising the rail network is that we now have much cheaper air travel and (arguably) a better roads infrastructure. There is no way that a lot of the routes can run at a profit so they either have to be (a) run at a loss offset by the profitable routes or (b) run on a...

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How long are the screws? Generally, there will be cable leading to and from your light fitting which could be tacked to the side of the joists or just lying flat beside them on the ceiling plasterboard. Chances are you will have wiring going to the light from the switch and wiring either side...

But only at the weekends eh BM?? :whistle: