Ads not shown when logged in
Page 16 of 21 FirstFirst ... 61415161718 ... LastLast
Results 151 to 160 of 202

Thread: Train Company Special Offers and General Rail Travel Discussion

  1. #151
    Palookaville hondo's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2009
    Posts
    3,154
    "Do I know where hell is? hell is in hello"

  2. #152
    Old & Bitter oldboots's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2009
    Posts
    5,588

    Default

    Here's their mailout to their poor customers:

    "We can confirm that today the Secretary of State has announced that the operation of all Northern services will transfer from Arriva Rail North to Northern Trains Limited, a subsidiary of the Department of Transport’s Operator of Last Resort Holdings Limited (DOHL).


    Following this announcement, we would like to confirm that Northern services will not be affected and tickets will remain valid.


    All Arriva Rail North passengers can also expect operations to continue as usual, during the transfer period.


    For further information about the transfer, please refer to the website available on the link below.
    Find out more"

    A friend of mine is a driver for Northern, hopefully his job is safe, no doubt the bigwigs in Deutsche Bahn who ran this apology for a railway are very safe in their jobs. Efficiency in the private sector? German efficency? More Tory balls than you can shake a stick at.

  3. #153
    Pub researcher (unpaid) rpadam's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2010
    Location
    Somewhere in the Low Weald
    Posts
    4,945

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by oldboots View Post
    All Arriva Rail North passengers can also expect operations to continue as usual, during the transfer period.
    Good to see that the press office kept their sense of humour until the end!

  4. #154
    This Space For Hire Aqualung's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2012
    Posts
    4,485

    Default Storm Ciara

    Is anyone planning to travel tomorrow? Perversely it was a Spring day in London earlier.

  5. #155
    Old & Bitter oldboots's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2009
    Posts
    5,588

    Default

    For anyone up north, TPE have a £1 sale on advance tickets,

    https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/sale?utm...ontent=BookNow

  6. #156
    Just Missed the Round Brainypool's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2018
    Location
    Wigan
    Posts
    332

    Default

    Excellent, thanks for that. Booked York and Newcastle once I finally got through to the booking site- it was down for hours this evening due to the overcapacity.

  7. #157
    We're not really 'ere! trainman's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2010
    Location
    down 'ere, from oop there
    Posts
    2,246

    Default

    I imagine that most trains are running pretty empty at the moment, but a look at a variety of dates does not show any fare reductions. Perhaps operators would be lambasted for encouraging people to travel..?
    I may have struggled to resist a jaunt to, say, Derby, for a fiver or so...

  8. #158
    Just Missed the Round
    Join Date
    Feb 2018
    Location
    Manchester
    Posts
    344

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by trainman View Post
    I imagine that most trains are running pretty empty at the moment, but a look at a variety of dates does not show any fare reductions. Perhaps operators would be lambasted for encouraging people to travel..?
    I may have struggled to resist a jaunt to, say, Derby, for a fiver or so...
    I'd imagine that train operators would be more likely to reduce the number of services they run or to reduce the number of carriages per train while fewer people are travelling.

    I was on several trains yesterday and they were all emptier than I would have expected. On one I was the only person in the carriage.

  9. #159
    Pub researcher (unpaid) rpadam's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2010
    Location
    Somewhere in the Low Weald
    Posts
    4,945

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by RealAleRobUK View Post
    I'd imagine that train operators would be more likely to reduce the number of services they run or to reduce the number of carriages per train while fewer people are travelling.
    From the news today, it looks like we are heading towards a Sunday service throughout the week.

  10. #160
    Just Missed the Round
    Join Date
    Feb 2018
    Location
    Manchester
    Posts
    344

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by rpadam View Post
    From the news today, it looks like we are heading towards a Sunday service throughout the week.
    So Northern won't be running any trains at all then?

Similar Threads

  1. Defunct pubs: a discussion (aka Britannia - pub or bank?)
    By sheffield hatter in forum Chit Chat
    Replies: 35
    Last Post: 26-03-2014, 18:49
  2. The General Havelock in Ilford is now just The General
    By Aqualung in forum That Doesn't Go There!
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: 06-06-2013, 23:31
  3. The General Elliott, Croft
    By Rex_Rattus in forum That Doesn't Go There!
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: 14-06-2012, 12:22
  4. General Elliot, Leeds
    By Rex_Rattus in forum That Doesn't Go There!
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: 14-06-2012, 12:20
  5. Time Travel
    By trainman in forum Chit Chat
    Replies: 52
    Last Post: 19-02-2010, 16:21

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •