http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Railway "Red Tape Challenge" en Sun, 31 May 2026 17:31:47 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4596#post-48870 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:30:06 +0000 crowriver 48870@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Oban!</em></p> <p>Ah yes, that well-known hotbed of IRA/Al Quaeda/ETA unrest.<br /> Must be up in arms about McCaig's Tower, the price of red diesel, or something. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4596#post-48860 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:28:19 +0000 kaputnik 48860@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I like the point about lack of lockers (not sure if their removal was used more as an excuse to make you pay out the nose for a "managed" left luggage facility!) Remember turning up in Oban in 2002 to find the lockers had all just been taped up and out of use. Oban! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4596#post-48839 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:39:39 +0000 chdot 48839@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> Transform Scotland spokesperson Paul Tetlaw commented:</p> <p>"The railway industry has been burdened with a plethora of rules and regulations aimed at providing greater safety but which are out of proportion to the risks envisaged. There is no level playing field for rail as such requirements are often not faced by the road transport sector."<br /> "</p> <p><a href="http://www.transformscotland.org.uk/put-the-fat-controller-on-a-diet.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.transformscotland.org.uk/put-the-fat-controller-on-a-diet.aspx</a> </p>