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Article #77Re: Edinburgh Waverley station improvements
From: Robert Sneddon
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 12:43
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 12:43
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In message <s2lc32lfte6oanur21o1fc4sb5uft8kp95@4ax.com>, David Hansen <SENDdavidNOhSPAM@spidacom.co.uk> writes >The same dogma is being brought out yet again. There is actually >little to cut on deeply rural lines with minimal services, minimal >staffing and minimal maintenance. There is a bottom line requirement for staffing and maintenance for safety reasons, regardless of how few services run on such a line. If there was only one service a week there would still have to be regular line inspections, station staffing for ticket sales, barrier crossing maintenance etc. If the line closes totally and the passengers moved to a bus service then the fixed costs disappear and the line owners can sell the land and buildings and realise a handsome profit. Win-win. > >If they actually want to save money the obvious place to start is >the highly subsidised suburban services around cities. Despite the >extension of rush hours in recent decades these services still >involve large amounts of equipment that stands idle most of the >time, especially around London. Rush-hour services are the most profitable part of the system. Lots of passengers on each train, lots of revenue on each trip with hardly any extra costs. Staffing levels at those times are high, yes but the ratio of staff to customers is very very low. The extra rolling stock available for rush hour ensures availability at off-peak times if some kit fails mechanically. The killer cost for city-centre operations is in the lines and the land they run on but that was amortised as a cost decades or even centuries ago, typically. -- To reply, my gmail address is nojay1 Robert Sneddon
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