Tuesday 3 April 2007

British Rail passengers ...

I used the train last year for the first time in ages and found it to be a reasonably pleasant experience. I was travelling early morning from Norwich to London and it obviously wasn't so brilliant for those passengers who alighted at Colchester and Chelmsford, the last two stops, and found themselves standing.

We still have a long way to go on train travel, particularly if it is to compete with the low cost airlines. Fares need to come down, punctuality improved, and there does need to be additional carriages at certain times of the day, but it seems as if improvements are taking place.

This week has seen the French TGV train break its own speed record at around 357mph. If British trains attained that sort of speed, I just have this image of train staff serving teas and coffees ... whoaa!

Q: How many British Rail passengers does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: None. They missed the connection when making the change.

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