Comments on: Just having a decent service would be better http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/2007/04/10/just-having-a-decent-service-would-be-better/ candour is good Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:09:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Jerry Lim http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/2007/04/10/just-having-a-decent-service-would-be-better/#comment-64494 Jerry Lim Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:37:01 +0000 http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/?p=1765#comment-64494 trouble is thatcher started the whole privitisation thing in the 80s and basic infrastructure has since been down the pits. Train operators are more interested in statistics rather than actual customer comfort, satisfation and god forbid, safety! I miss MRT! and on a greater level the MTR in Hong Kong which made headline news when it was 5 ninutes late in 2004. trouble is thatcher started the whole privitisation thing in the 80s and basic infrastructure has since been down the pits. Train operators are more interested in statistics rather than actual customer comfort, satisfation and god forbid, safety! I miss MRT! and on a greater level the MTR in Hong Kong which made headline news when it was 5 ninutes late in 2004.

]]> By: neil http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/2007/04/10/just-having-a-decent-service-would-be-better/#comment-64387 neil Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:11:46 +0000 http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/?p=1765#comment-64387 I paid 24.90 for a return ticket from Shotts to Newcastle, with allocated seat. Sweet! A large part of the problem here is the mindset that people are "entitled" to everything for nothing. The flip side is that the government insists that the continual rising taxes on road users are aimed at saving the environment and encouragig people to use pubic transport more. Everyone knows this is nonsense. If they really wanted us to use public transport they would take the hit of building a decent network first. I paid 24.90 for a return ticket from Shotts to Newcastle, with allocated seat. Sweet!

A large part of the problem here is the mindset that people are “entitled” to everything for nothing. The flip side is that the government insists that the continual rising taxes on road users are aimed at saving the environment and encouragig people to use pubic transport more. Everyone knows this is nonsense. If they really wanted us to use public transport they would take the hit of building a decent network first.

]]> By: Andrea http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/2007/04/10/just-having-a-decent-service-would-be-better/#comment-64360 Andrea Wed, 11 Apr 2007 07:28:54 +0000 http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/?p=1765#comment-64360 London (hell, England) is an expensive place! I'm not sure where Westbury is. Neil got a train from Edinburgh to Newcastle I think it was, for around the same price (I'm not 100% sure). I think the main problem in Scotland, maybe the UK, probably most of the world, is that most people want to get fantastic a public transportation network but don't understand that these things cost money. London (hell, England) is an expensive place! I’m not sure where Westbury is. Neil got a train from Edinburgh to Newcastle I think it was, for around the same price (I’m not 100% sure).

I think the main problem in Scotland, maybe the UK, probably most of the world, is that most people want to get fantastic a public transportation network but don’t understand that these things cost money.

]]> By: Jerry Lim http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/2007/04/10/just-having-a-decent-service-would-be-better/#comment-64289 Jerry Lim Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:47:23 +0000 http://www.serialdeviant.org/weblog/?p=1765#comment-64289 I just paid 43pounds for a train up from Westbury to London Paddington STANDING ALL THE WAY. The state of public transport here is a disgrace. I just paid 43pounds for a train up from Westbury to London Paddington STANDING ALL THE WAY.

The state of public transport here is a disgrace.

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