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Young lad who works in my local starts at Catterick on Sunday. He needs to be there by 2PM. It is only 90 miles away. but train times are stupid.
![]() so to get there using the travel warrant they have given him means leaving home at about 3:15 to catch the 4.00 am train from Preston. 7.47 hours to travel 90 miles. I bet he could cycle it faster.
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Aye the trains suck ****, they just arnt good enough. Simple as. Not bad if you are just going major city to major city but even major town to major town is a no no.
![]() Then there is the cost. York to sheffield for example £14.50. Then I got to get from sheffield home... ![]() |
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I've not had problems with trains but that's because i don't trust them and don't use them
![]() I love them though. I went from Girona (Spain) to telford in Shropshire on trains. No problems at all until i reached the UK and my platform changed in B'ham, no real trouble. It also has to be said, tw@'s on phones only happened in the UK. |
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Something else that is ' fit for purpose ' I presume?
For the cost of half a dozen tickets, he could probably buy & run a reasonable SV |
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It'd be great if we had a high speed network in Britain. We've got a small, densely populated country; how hard can it be?!
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If Japan can do it... O.O
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Is he going to Army training centre??
Most of the lads get the train to Darlington (on the east coast main line) then there is normally a garrison bus with a Corporal to meet the new recruits at the train station. I regularly see lots of nervous young men (with "fresh" new haircuts) waiting there or getting a taxi or walking into Darlo town centre to get the public bus to the garrison. |
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Yep, UK public transport is rubbish. I never use it.
Out here in Holland it's pretty good, I went to collect my dutch car before Christmas using the train, all 3 were on time, all at the correct platforms and only about 30 mins longer than the 1hr 45 min drive, so not bad. |
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I have a good reason not to use public transport; expense.
By the time I pay for all the fuel in one year, and insurance, and tax, and MoT....i've still saved on buying a travel card every week for the same amount of time |
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