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« Reply #60 on: December 21, 2009, 19:25:15 »
I doubt whether it costs much. The unit and crew would be waiting at Glos anyway, so it's only a bit of fuel and track access charges.

It probably pays for itself with ORCATS▸ (Operational Research Computerised Allocation of Tickets to Services) revenue reallocated from other operators.
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« Reply #61 on: December 21, 2009, 20:38:00 »
Quote from: matt473 on June 27, 2009, 23:04:26


back on topic, there is a catering service on some trains on the Heart of Wales line but as far as I can tell is hit and miss whther it is on the train as it run independantly from ATW▸ (Arriva Trains Wales (former TOC▸ (Train Operating Company))). again, this all stems down to the close relationship with the TOC and HOWLTA who do a fantastic job in improving services on the line.

If anyone would like any more information on the line I will try my best to answer your queries. For a small line there sure is a lot to talk about.

I'm pretty sure the saturday service nearly always has catering - I often get the first service to crewe from ludlow which unexpectedly has catering on it - its the trolley to work the HOW lines
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