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Title: St. Ives - St.Erth 20 minute interval service Post by: FarWestJohn on December 26, 2014, 11:28:36 Whist reading my latest Modern Railways of March 1977 I read that Bristol Division was proposing a Park and Ride at Lelant. There was to be a passing loop at Porth Kidney and TCB signalling.
It was the costings that interested me: Total cost ^174K, Passing loop ^25K, TCB ^116K. 50p was estimated for the ticket cost for parking and return for all car passengers. Modern Railways was 35p compared with ^4.30 today. Brilliant it all came about and so successful. How does all this compare with today? I thought a Mars bar was used to compare the inflation rate? Happy New Year to everyone and thanks for the site. 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 |