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Title: How it used to be under British Rail Post by: grahame on October 27, 2018, 14:19:52 For those of you who hanker after the old days ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV2lmSDKvO8 Title: Re: How it used to be under British Rail Post by: SandTEngineer on October 27, 2018, 14:53:58 For those of you who hanker after the old days ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV2lmSDKvO8 Yes, I know. Curled cheese sandwich and all that..... But don't forget WCML, ECML MML Electrification, IC125, Eurostar, etc. etc. It did a lot of good stuff as well, and speaking as a former BR employee, it did have lots of good dedicated staff working for it despite the outer image.... Title: Re: How it used to be under British Rail Post by: broadgage on October 29, 2018, 12:01:48 Despite the negative images of the past, trains were in IMHO often better back in the good old days.
Many trains were longer than today. Buffets were the norm on long distance services, and even on outer suburban commuter trains. Restaurants were more numerous. Fares were cheaper if compared to average incomes, and simpler. Major stations were less cluttered with shops etc. I also suspect that services were generally more reliable. Individual trains no doubt failed regularly, but were soon hauled or propelled out of the way. I don't recall closures of major London termini and advice not to travel being a feature back in the day. 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 |