Delay Repay changes ?

Clan Line

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Delay Repay changes ?

« on: March 19, 2023, 08:34:04 »

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TaplowGreen

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Re: Delay Repay changes ?

« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2023, 09:03:55 »

Superb timing Roll Eyes


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grahame

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Re: Delay Repay changes ?

« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2023, 10:30:11 »

Quote from: TaplowGreen on March 19, 2023, 09:03:55

Superb timing Roll Eyes

I am in favour of reducing the cost of delay repay ... doing so by making the trains more reliable.


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Ralph Ayres

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Re: Delay Repay changes ?

« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2023, 15:12:41 »

...and while Delay Repay was presumably intended to "incentivise" private companies to avoid delays in the brave new privatised world, at the moment the TOCs^▸ aren't paying it as they're still I think supported by the DfT^» , and it takes away money which could be used to make the service more reliable. I'd much rather the train ran on time than get a bit of the fare back.


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PhilWakely

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Re: Delay Repay changes ?

« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2023, 09:57:47 »

Day one of four days of GWR^▸ Westcountry diversions and already (as of 10am), as a result of the very first Down service leaving Paddington 15 minutes late, delays to both GWR and SWR^» services has reached 100 minutes! Could be quite a hefty bill come the end of the diversions!


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