Atomic Systems

southcoasttrains wrote:I would have one as i'm 20, but i've got something better.
National Rail Staff Railcard.
Gives me 75% off standard fares, free travel on Wightlink, discounts on P&O ferries and many discounts on European Rail.

I don't mean to sound too upper class

ooo I can beat that

Kevo00 wrote:
About time they brought in a middle aged railcard too!

I think Switzerland has a card that anyone can buy and gives you half price rail travel all year! Bargin! Why dont we have one?

Im not sure what you talking about but it sounds cool. I know someone has a swiss screen saver where trains move from one side of the screen to the other.

But I would be intrested in any info about this one.

alanhowat wrote:

nightbeaver911 wrote: who book in advance

I would not consider making a reservation in any other way.

Happy new year!!!

HAHAHA! would be rather difficult wouldnt it happy new year to u too

Surely it wouldn't be efficient to run a class 90 and mk 3s between Waverley and North Berwick because surely it costs a lot more to run a class 90 than it does an EMU? Even though I'm sure receipts on the route are probably quite big and I'm sure it probably gets funding from East Lothian/Edinburg...

slipdigby wrote: the line was not yet TPWS fitted!

Well that just proves how utterly stupid things are on the railway what bone-head decided to bus the passengers over a route which doesnt have TPWS!! morons

good point but rail companies like to offer massive discounts for those people who book in advance and even bigger discount if you book online. Virgin been a prime example. Fares are already very expencive in this country but if you know where and when you want to go its very cheap. Also some fares ...

If a train is crossing a junction it at more than 1/4 the original speed then its bound to reduce capactiy. yorkie2k has some good points, why do the close down the whole of a railway station, they just love picking on the railways. It is not 'lucky' the train stayed upright trains are designed to s...

Id find it quite worrying if I saw the driver of my train jump out and roll down the embankment. The driver of the GNER train at Selby (was it Selby) was half way down the DVT when the train hit the landrover.

Incidents like this are a direct result of the post-Thatcherite 'me me me' selfishness of society. 10 minutes of a person's life? Big deal. These days people have lost the art of self restraint and displaying patience. Fair point, still I thought they could of raised the barriers between the two tr...

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johndibben wrote: Who says railways can't still throw up some surprises?

A little bit of straight forward thinking goes along way. do you think a loco and carriages will have the same accerleration as a EMU?

I heard they were going to do that but with class 87s. If they do im off up there for a day out

trainmad wrote:Well, I can see why people get pi***d off with level crossings. Down in Spondon, where I live, the level crossing is almost always on.

Yeah we waited there for 10minutes for 2 trains.

ummm. I hate arriva but n/m eh. I thought that Wales was going to be one big franchise which included Valley Lines. Is this it, or is this still going to happen? Basically, the "new" Wales and Borders franchise includes the (circa 2000 ish) Valley lines, much of Wales and Wessex, Central services t...