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Well, you can define what changes are moving in the wrong direction. Getting rid of off-peak and hiking prices are definitely that as they are making fares less affordable. By contrast, Scotrail are attempting to make their fares more affordable by removing peak fares

There have been plenty of good arguments, all through this thread and the other one. I've already mentioned the comments by former Conservative transport secretary and chancellor Philip Hammond various times, but to me these form the best argument for fares regulation - if we're to fund a...

This is clearly not true. First of all, the OP is not trying to get fares reduced, he's trying to stop a price hike. The idea that he's trying to get a pay cut introduced or services reduced is also nonsense. He's trying to apply political pressure to those in power to stop the fares hike and...

How much is that a lack of demand, versus lack of provision of capacity in the first place versus pricing being uncompetitive. Trans pennine struggled with 3 carriage trains for many years, but subsequent provision has confirmed the demand for longer trains.

I think that a lot of problems come down to over-commercialisation and a squeamishness about subsidy. This is why we can't seem to have a consistently competitive fare offer (indeed, some TOC's are actively trying to destroy it). It's also the cause of rolling stock being scrapped early, rather...

As would be a £90 refund I suppose !

Even Victoria (albeit with geographical context).

Anything after the slammers went, in my case.

In my experience, most people don't call it a "train" or a "railway" station. They just call it "the station" or "[place name] station". Other stations such as fire, bus or lifeboat etc have to differentiate with the prefix.

I was probably being a bit harsh on them.

Perhaps I'm naturally suspicious, but I wonder if that's why they're less inclined to give it out these days.

I always think that if you can't sustain a cask, have a few decent bottles to choose from. The one at Preston seems to manage this.

True - they pootle around well enough. Shame the interior didn't get a decent refurb.

Really ! I guess i don't get delayed very often.

oops - typo corrected. It's not just the railway that bugs me in this way. Every single TV streaming channel seems require an "account" now, in spite of the fact that they're free to view.

It seems a relatively recent development. It wouldn't be so annoying if it used my existing Northern Rail account.

I think that this will be my chosen course of action. My claims are pretty infrequent.

Sadly, the Agricultural Hotel which was good for a beer, appeared to have closed down last time I was there.

The 158 without a shadow of a doubt. Comfortable, high capacity, good layout, plenty of room, two toilets. If only everything could be one.

I see that Northern Rail requires a separate account to claim delay repay. In the olden days, I seem to recall a simple web form where I would upload an image of my ticket and fill out the details. I've never been keen on having to have multiple accounts for everything, all needing passwords...