Strategic to write this for the DailyMail? Or has Carlton gone to the dark side?
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My piece on @travelmail is also on the Mail homepage so is attracting some, ahem, interesting comments. My favourite so far is “Well la dee da for this dilettante.”
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https://mobile.twitter.com/carltonreid/status/1607701316901502979
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If you don’t want to click on a link to the Mail, article is also here - http://authory.com/CarltonReid
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Thanks that is better
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Eco Ferry from England to France.
Smaller than an oligarchs yacht though but not a threat to planet or Stena Line!
https://saillink.co.uk/Did many family bike, ferry and train journeys - they were a lot of fun but always more expensive and mystified our friends! (Edinburgh Airport being their normal start versus a long drive or train to ferry in south). Lot less ferries now from Scotland and Newcastle. Even Shetland has lost Smyril Line connect.
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Bending down to retrieve the soap, I don’t recommend
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“Well la dee da for this dilettante.”
I can only presume that the writer of that comment was ignorant of the meaning of the word "dilettante", given that Carlton does this kind of thing for a living.
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The ScotRail increase has been postponed for at least three months until March at the earliest, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced in September. Fares on cross-Border operators like LNER and Avanti West Coast will not rise until March 5 and be capped at 5.9 per cent – less than half the current inflation rate – the UK Government said before Christmas.
But the changes in how much we pay to travel by train – and bus – may go far further than that. South of the Border, a £2 limit on most bus fares is due to be introduced next week and last until March, while the Scottish Government could also cut ticket prices as part of its Fair Fares review, which was launched as part of the SNP’s power-sharing agreement with the Scottish Greens in 2021.
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Video of progress on Levenmouth line -
https://twitter.com/NetworkRailSCOT/status/1612498938082299916
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THE transport minister has said she is constrained by UK law to consider the continued use of outsourcing firm Serco which has the £800m franchise to operate overnight rail passenger services between Scotland and London.
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And some good discussion about the target demographic of Caley Sleeper passengers:
https://twitter.com/MiriamBrett/status/1613198805255479299
It all sounds a bit like how British Airways determined appropriate ticket prices for flights on Concorde. When they surveyed passengers, it became apparent that most of them were well-to-do business travellers who were unaware of the exact prices: one had one's secretary make the bookings; one had one's accountant take care of the budgets. When BA asked them what they thought the price was, the answers were noticeably higher than what they were charging, and consequently BA put up the prices to match.
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Customers can buy their discounted tickets between Thursday, 26 January and Thursday, 2 February 2023 inclusive, with travel valid between 26 January and 28 February 2023 inclusive.
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Is there a danger that all the noise around driving, e-cars, and parking at railway stations is drowning out the reality: that most passengers walk, take the bus and cycle to the station? By only listening to the hype and hysteria around driving, and parking, statutory bodies risk ignoring the potential for increasing clean and healthy travel.....
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https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/most-passengers-walk-station-john-lauder
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HIGH SPEED FAIL HS2 shambles as it’s revealed £60billion high speed rail project may not go to central LONDON
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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/21179002/hs2-chaos-may-not-reach-central-london
BBC says ‘ministers not denying it’.
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One of London’s largest construction sites can be found at Old Oak Common in west London, where a huge new railway station is being built. When it opens in 2029-33, it’ll offer direct interchanges between the HS2 railway, the Elizabeth line and the Great West Main Line, mainly GWR services, out to south Wales and the west of England. It’ll also include provision for a future London Overground station next door, and even Chiltern Railways could call here.
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https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/see-inside-h2s-new-old-oak-common-railway-station-60166/
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HS2 will run to central London, Jeremy Hunt says
Chancellor moves to quash reports that high-speed rail link might not terminate at Euston
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ASLEF - 1 and 3 February 2023 The upcoming strike action by rail union, ASLEF, on 1 and 3 February, doesn’t involve ScotRail drivers and our services will not be affected.
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https://www.scotrail.co.uk/plan-your-journey/passenger-disruption/industrial-action
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Interesting thread on the bird site:
Yamesh
@yamesh
What was the logic behind the current system in the first
place (assuming there was some...)The Man in Seat 61
@seatsixtyoneGood question! £80 return, but £79 one-way does seem an odd system to introduce in the first place. Well, once upon a time in a galaxy far far away, only a hefty standard one-way fare and a hefty standard return fare existed...
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Could ScotGov not have done this before now?
Railfares are looking increasingly luxurious - went to Celtic Connections and the anytime return was £27 (had to travel at congestion time).
The concert at Oran Mor cost less. Train is fast though and Subway connects.If the single fare was less then more 'entitlted'
people might use bus one way and train the other. Over summer I ended uo with several unused returns.
Planning train journeys takes time and spent too much time on family holidays doing that. Now I just want a fair price with some flexibility.Posted 1 year ago # -
The advanced singles introduced a few years ago were a huge advantage on the old returns. I often buy to and from different stations now. Unthinkable in the old days.
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The RMT rail union has rejected the latest pay offers from both Network Rail and the train operating companies, PA Media reports.
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Anyone know if it’s easy / possible to get a bike on the HST sets to Perth via Stirling?
Does the bike need booked?
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@neddie Faster & Cheaper to catch Ember coach (St Andrew Square) & get off at Friarton Interchange with off road path (but stream to cross) along river to Perth, or ride road (a bit busy)
Also stops by request at Bridge of Earn junction (slip roads) & you cycle in on Perth-Newburgh road (old A90 via Glenfarg)
Edinburgh-Dundee service (E1/E2)runs 24 hr Edinburgh-Dundee 1hr 10m off peak
Bike reservations (free) normally 2 per coach but pre booking can have 6 bikes on back carrier.
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