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Title: Ghost Trains Post by: Andy W on December 20, 2011, 16:28:30 How on earth can an industry run in such a bizarre manner?
http://www.independent.co.uk/hei-fi/news/hunt-on-for-britains-ghost-trains-that-stop-nowhere-useful-6279197.html?origin=internalSearch Title: Re: Ghost Trains Post by: paul7575 on December 20, 2011, 17:02:19 This is actually a bad example, because although there are a number of so called 'parliamentary' services that could be pulled with no real issues arising (other than howls of anguish from a few trainspotters), this route provides a diversionary terminus for Chiltern if there is engineering work on their own line, and is used by freight - so as far as I can see the line would remain open even if the passenger service ceased, and Chiltern would run route learning trains anyway - but possibly not in the middle of the day.
Any news article on the subject should really differentiate between 'withdrawal of the passenger service' and 'closure of the line'. It is the latter that deserves most scrutiny, as it is a bit of a one way step... Paul This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |