Recent content by Djgr

When people are arguing about whether it should be 1 or 2 (classes), it's hard to accept that the correct answer is 3!

Difficult to see how there wasn't time when the train was still in a different country!

The North is a concept developed by those who live and work in the South East honeypot. I remember being told by my bank that as the Liverpool branch had now closed to go to the Newcastle one instead. Bless!

Apart from connections to Wrexham, Bidston serves as a park and ride, albeit not as busy as Birkenhead North. It is less bleak inside the waiting room, which to the chagrin of some of this forum, is to my knowledge open when the ticket office is i.e., always.

Whilst this thread is talking about the merits of a single class, Avanti have gone and introduced a three class approach!

This argument is so logically flawed!!!

Probably a statement about both actually. But a narrative that suggests that Liverpool John Lennon Airport was once big but Manchester Airport is now taking its trade and therefore its future is not at all accurate.

Well yes but Liverpool John Lennon Airport is still huge compared to several decades ago (when it had around six flights a day) because airlines and passengers have voted their feet, despite the points you make.

First class with a thermos flask. Classy!

It's not just about consumer rights. It's about having an ethical consumer led mindset.

Because?

Except it's not a minor problem for customers who have a long journey (3 hours+) and have no food and drink because they were falsely led to believe that it would be available and the TOC has failed.

Only in part as I pointed out a few threads up

And yet it still says "and complimentary food and drink on most services" elsewhere. Unbelievable

Indeed. When I Google this I discover it was actually "Tories pledge £500m towards reversing Beeching rail cuts". The point being that this Westminster shower (the Britain breakers, I mean) have previous form for making promises and not following through. So, apart from Okehampton and the...