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I think this might be the most sensible thing I've read on this thread. Increasing indirect taxes like VAT and alcohol/tobacco duties always disproportionately affect the poorest, and no price is going to stop an addict if they want a drink therefore pushing them further towards 'lawlessness,'...
In the peaks I think there's around 18 192's an hour, in addition to whatever other services run that stretch into/away from Piccadilly. A station could be handy when regeneration starts to kick in around the area. Similarly could there be a case to look at regular services from Ardwick -...
Rather than canceling cross-city Thameslink trains wouldn't it be a better idea to restore the former XC service to Brighton? I'm sure there used to be a service from Manchester during the Virgin XC era which either used the West London Line, or avoided London entirely via Reading and Guildford.
I caught a few sleeper trains in Kazakhstan. They must have been about 20 carriages long, each divided into berths of four beds, with a boozer half-way along the train somewhere. The state rail operator managed to acquire some trendy Talgo units in addition to its deliciously arcane Soviet stock...
I don't think Greggs is much cop. I prefer Pound Bakery for hot food - still warm, much greasier (therefore tastier..) and it has a much better range of products.
That said, I'm not sure whether I should be concerned that the filling of my sausage roll is grey or bright pink
Living in East London on and off it's remarkable how well maintained most of the stations are, especially the tube.
The problem isn't the cleaners who work their hardest to keep trains presentable to the public whenever they can, it's lazy bum passengers who make the trains dirty too poorly...
I guess it depends on what the point of HS is?
A) Connect the major cities with London and each other
B) Relieve existing lines
C) Both?
HS1 is unique in that it primarily connects the SE to the European HS network, but has the additional benefit of providing regional HS services in Kent. HS2...