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Title: Europe's Worst Railways? Post by: grahame on February 06, 2012, 10:41:07 Quote Britain's railways are at the bottom of the league for fares, efficiency and comfort compared with other European countries, according to a union-commissioned study today http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/02/05/britain-worst-railways-europe_n_1255671.html Title: Re: Europe's Worst Railways? Post by: Andrew1939 from West Oxon on February 06, 2012, 12:03:26 Not many people know that in Belgium a Senior can travel anywhere off-peak (after 09.00) in Belgium for a return fare of 5.30 Euro (a little over ^4) standard class or 12 Euro (a little less than ^10) first class and you do not need to buy a rail card, just produce your passport to confirm eligibility and you can buy your tickets quite easily from the SNCB web site. There is a supplement on trains from Brussels airport but Coffee Shop members would no doubt use Eurostar that also offers more modest senior reductions. This is very useful for visitors as you do not need to buy a railcard as in UK.
Title: Re: Europe's Worst Railways? Post by: Electric train on February 06, 2012, 22:53:51 Also Britain's railways are the most intensely used, has mixed high speed traffic, its the oldest which still mainly uses original 150 year old alignments.
Title: Re: Europe's Worst Railways? Post by: eightf48544 on February 07, 2012, 10:34:19 Also most of Europe's railways were rebuilt after 1945 whereas ours were merely patched up.
Title: Re: Europe's Worst Railways? Post by: Bristolboy on February 07, 2012, 19:12:43 Also most of Europe's railways were rebuilt after 1945 whereas ours were merely patched up. Barely even patched up. The problem was an extended period of underinvestment which even on current trends will take 30 years to put right. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |