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Article #148Re: Virgin-Stagecoach seek passenger views on IC East Coast rail franchise
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Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 23:44
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Ian Johnston <NOianSPAM.NOgroupsSPAM@btinternet.com> wrote: [] > I thought VT now claimed that a high proportion - 50% - of their seats > were bought in advance purchase deals. That's an awful lot of people > who'd have to pay a bit more. VT claim a lot of things, so I wouldn't know, but yes, I think that passengers wouldn't mind paying more if they could travel _when_ they wanted at a reasonable price. Virgin's pricing structure is already unreasonable. Peak trains from the NW of England to London and back are often half empty compared to the trains around them, so _something_ is going wrong with that. That said, I don't know what the economics of this are- i.e., how much would the standard fares fall in the event that advance purchase fares were slashed? -- David Horne- www.davidhorne.net usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk
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Subject: Re: Virgin-Stagecoach seek passenger views on IC East Coast rail franchise
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