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Title: Negative BBC video Post by: Btline on August 16, 2009, 12:40:12 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8166051.stm >:(
Title: Re: Negative BBC video Post by: JayMac on August 16, 2009, 13:04:49 'Analysed' in 35 seconds? Come on. Less focus on the minutes saved and more on the CO2 would've been better.
Title: Re: Negative BBC video Post by: devon_metro on August 16, 2009, 14:08:00 Btline, you strike me as somebody who likes to pick up on the negative points?
HS1 for example ;) Title: Re: Negative BBC video Post by: onthecushions on August 17, 2009, 11:04:10 It was a silly report unworthy of the license-funded BBC, homing in upon a cost of 83M per minute saved neglecting running costs and capacity. Any investment is about nett present value, rate of return or benefit:cost ratio if not narrowly profitable. An electric (F)GW will carry more customers at lower cost. It would happen even if the trains were to run slower. Give Peston a crack at the issue.... OTC Title: Re: Negative BBC video Post by: moonrakerz on August 17, 2009, 13:55:47 Give Peston a crack at the issue.... Wellllll..........ummm.........yesssss...........errrrr.............youuuu seeeee..............ahhhh...............maybeee.......... mmmmm.......... sorry, we haven't got time ! 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 |