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RonMariner
May 14, 2018, 8:22pm

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Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY
I remember seeing once about a bloke who needed to get to London (from Manchester I think). The train was ridiculously priced so he went with a budget airline via Spain!

Also remember being on a train to London that had no catering on board. A group of lads ordered a curry and got it delivered for them at Peterborough station! Bloody genius


There was the case of the Student who found it cheaper to go from Sheffield to London via a flight to Berlin than on the train.

What a terrible mess the trains are. Terrible rip off.  Some operators owned by foreign government owned companies I believe.

Time to re nationalise them.
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Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY
I remember seeing once about a bloke who needed to get to London (from Manchester I think). The train was ridiculously priced so he went with a budget airline via Spain!

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/30/student-flies-london-via-spain-cheaper-train/


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Totally agree Ron. Travelling on a train abroad, is far more comfortable than the rolling stock we have. By comfort, I mean cleanliness and not overcrowded. I travelled to Bruges from holland a few years ago on a double decker train and it was bewildering how vast the differences were between that and what we rely on in this country


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So what does the train whatch dog do, also why are the various governments happy to see the public ripped off, nowt to do with the VAT payments they make I presume. Also don't the government pump billions in subsidies to the train operators, as mentioned earlier nationalise them.
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Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY
I remember seeing once about a bloke who needed to get to London (from Manchester I think). The train was ridiculously priced so he went with a budget airline via Spain!

Also remember being on a train to London that had no catering on board. A group of lads ordered a curry and got it delivered for them at Peterborough station! Bloody genius


Me and a couple of other Town lads persuaded the stewardess to re-open the buffet car coming back to London from Norwich the day we went second in the League behind Millwall. Don't think we had much to eat though  


Through the door there came familiar laughter,
I saw your face and heard you call my name.
Oh my friend we're older but no wiser,
For in our hearts the dreams are still the same.
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