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Welcome to UK, where 40-55mins trains from neighbouring cities to London costs 50-110£ for a return journey and 6k+ for a yearly ticket. We apologize for a dela
by zenlot 3y ago
Welcome to UK, where 40-55mins trains from neighbouring cities to London costs 50-110£ for a return journey and 6k+ for a yearly ticket. We apologize for a delay in your journey, this is due to staff shortage.
- pjmlp 3y agoWe also have our share of delays. It is so bad, that there are excuse generator websites with what the DB usually uses, or people that collect them. http://privatundfun.siteboard.org/t78f2005-Ausreden-Katalog-der-Deutschen-Bahn-die-Besten.html http://privatundfun.siteboard.org/t78f2005-Ausreden-Katalog-...
- sph 3y agoImagine my surprise coming from Italy, where our trains are famously dirty and late, and taking my first train in the UK. Trains are cleaner and somewhat less delayed, but bloody hell, they are not worth the price. For £110 I reckon you can go Milan–Naples (800 km, 4h30) in high speed 1st class train, which do not even exist in Britain. The wonders of privatisation, innit?
- switch007 3y ago> The wonders of privatisation, innit? Many rail services in the UK are effectively not private now, and they're even worse, because when a right-wing government that hates public transport takes control, all hell breaks loose. We have a very complicated rail network which is bad for many reasons other than "private" or "public"
- switch007 3y ago> this is due to staff shortage. But also managed decline of the railway by the Government