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Title: 'Travelling by train offers a vivid insight into the British condition' Post by: Chris from Nailsea on May 11, 2009, 21:35:33 For some amusing observations on the subjects of quiet carriages, missed connections and rather unfortunate claims to fame, by Brian Viner of the Independent, see http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/brian-viner/brian-viner-travelling-by-train-offers-a-vivid-insight-into-the-british-condition-1680322.html ;)
Title: Re: 'Travelling by train offers a vivid insight into the British condition' Post by: inspector_blakey on May 11, 2009, 22:18:30 That raised a smile!
It's a shame though that the article repeats all the tired old complaints about how unpunctual and unreliable our trains our: this is increasingly untrue. Just checked on FGW's website and the "moving annual average" punctuality for the high speed services over the last 12 months is at 89.3%, with punctuality for the last four week period at 91.6%. Compared to the grim days of 2006/7, that's a massive improvement and one of which FGW and staff should be hugely proud! 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 |