Rail fares rise despite poor service

[The PIT]

Huh they want you to stop using the car. The government transport policy is a farce.

[cjolley]

Could be worse, the last train trip that I went on my wife and I
were in TWO train wrecks!
The first destroyed the train we were on when it left the tracks @ 80 Mph.
The second destroyed a truck & it's inattentive driver when our (different) train hit it @ 80Mph.
Not a very restfull vacation all around.
chuck

[agallag]

Wow, I've never met anyone who's been in one train wreck, let alone two on the same trip...

[The PIT]

Two crunches in a day did you get a free ticket.

I've noticed that some people are calling for a days boycott of our crappy train service.

[SteveC]

Hey TP - the fares are meant to be going <I>down</I> here in essex because our train service is so bad. Considering that on the C2C line here (fenchurch street misery line) most of the trains are cancelled due to staff shortages/walk outs/industrial action/leaves on the line/drivers who can't be bothered/whatever, I think the trains should be free! I can't see how they charge so much (about a tenner) to get from Southend to London... about 40 miles.

[cjolley]

Originally posted by The PIT
Two crunches in a day did you get a free ticket.

Well, it was longer than a one day trip
Sleeper cars all the way!
Oklahoma City -> Austin TX -> Los Angeles CA -> my Sisters house in San Diego CA
3 Days on the beach...
San Diego -> San Francisco Ca -> Chicago IL -> Dallas TX -> Oklahoma City

I am a naturaly early riser and was in the shower down stairs at 5:30 AM when we went off the tracks 100 miles east of LA going 80 mph.
I now know exacly how an ice cube feels in a martini shaker

We hit the truck 200 miles west of Chicago.

Yes, we got our entire $1,400 back.
chuck

[Jon P. Inghram]

$1,400 for a TRAIN ride?

[cjolley]

We had our own room on the train.
Think of it as 7 day in a nice hotel and 6 plane fares.
Then it doesn't sound like such a bad deal.
Chuck

[The PIT]

I see Tony Blair has got a good welcome back over the lack of proper public transport policy. Of course most of the ballsup was done by the Tory government by privatising everything. Since then it sucks so everyone has to use there car if they're not in walking distance.