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Petition calls for improved train service
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oups.com... My tupence: If you are frequently getting into work late then leave earlier. I am often delayed (and occasionally severely delayed) by the tube in the mornings but have only been late once since the summer. Normally get in early enough to have a nice cup of hot chocolate before starting. I am fed up of people using transport as an excuse for their laziness I'm fed up paying 40% income tax and getting a sub standard public transport system which is overpriced. Nimbo |
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Petition calls for improved train service
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. uk... I'm fed up paying 40% income tax and getting a sub standard public transport system which is overpriced. Where, exactly, are you making the connection between income tax and public transport? Ian (genuinely curious) |
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Petition calls for improved train service
In article , Ian F.
wrote: "Nimbo" wrote in message . uk... I'm fed up paying 40% income tax and getting a sub standard public transport system which is overpriced. Overpriced? I know a lady who travels daily from Stevenage to London, she pays £ 3000 / year, she thinks it is a lot, but counting the final leg of the journey within London, it is a 60 miles return journey and for a working year of 220 days, it works out at 22p/mile, in a train costing £ 8 Million. I don't think you could get a ride for that without massive subsidy. Michael Bell -- |
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Petition calls for improved train service
Michael Bell wrote:
In article , Ian F. wrote: "Nimbo" wrote in message o.uk... I'm fed up paying 40% income tax and getting a sub standard public transport system which is overpriced. Overpriced? I know a lady who travels daily from Stevenage to London, she pays £ 3000 / year, she thinks it is a lot, but counting the final leg of the journey within London, it is a 60 miles return journey and for a working year of 220 days, it works out at 22p/mile, in a train costing £ 8 Million. I don't think you could get a ride for that without massive subsidy. But if you take the cost of her portion of the train, rather than the whole thing, then that cost reduces significantly. Say the train seats 500; the cost reduces to £16,000 per seated passenger. During the day, that train carries more than one passenger per seat (i.e. on different trips) and so the cost reduces further. A bigger issue is the costs of running the train (track access charges and electricity charges I'd guess, along with maintenance). But it shows that the price of the train itself isn't really that significant. -- Dave Arquati Imperial College, SW7 www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London |
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Petition calls for improved train service
In article , Dave Arquati
wrote: Michael Bell wrote: In article , Ian F. wrote: "Nimbo" wrote in message o.uk... I'm fed up paying 40% income tax and getting a sub standard public transport system which is overpriced. Overpriced? I know a lady who travels daily from Stevenage to London, she pays £ 3000 / year, she thinks it is a lot, but counting the final leg of the journey within London, it is a 60 miles return journey and for a working year of 220 days, it works out at 22p/mile, in a train costing £ 8 Million. I don't think you could get a ride for that without massive subsidy. But if you take the cost of her portion of the train, rather than the whole thing, then that cost reduces significantly. Say the train seats 500; the cost reduces to £16,000 per seated passenger. During the day, that train carries more than one passenger per seat (i.e. on different trips) and so the cost reduces further. A bigger issue is the costs of running the train (track access charges and electricity charges I'd guess, along with maintenance). But it shows that the price of the train itself isn't really that significant. Point taken. (Though I must say I am staggered at the capital cost of railway rolling stock, and then there's the cost of the permanent way...and all the rest. I shouldn't have raised the capital cost side-issue) What seems to me inescapable is that 22p/mile is far cheaper than you would get in any other form of transport, and Stevenage - King's Cross is a very comfy ride, though the onward journey to the South Bank is not. Commuter services into London ARE heavily subsidised, for the wealthiest city in the country. Nothing is perfect. I don't know what is the daily journey of the starter of this thread , but I don't think it is GENERALLY true that services in and around London are overpriced and substandard quality. For comparison, look at the service between Newcastle and Middlesbrough. Both major towns. They are only 40 miles apart, and the journey takes 65 - 85 minutes. Would that be deemed acceptable in and out London? I don't think so. Michael Bell -- |
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Petition calls for improved train service
In message , Ian F.
writes I'm fed up paying 40% income tax and getting a sub standard public transport system which is overpriced. Where, exactly, are you making the connection between income tax and public transport? If you're on 40% income tax then you're already on a good screw, stop belly aching and accept it. -- Clive. |
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