Thursday, 28 May 2009

Left and right hand non-synchronous

Does anyone remember Soap?

The story of the Campbells and the Tates.

The theme tune always signed off with the line: "confused, you will be...".

So what are we to make of these two stories that both appeared on broadsheet websites today?

This from the Gruaniad...

The rail industry is urging the government to run shorter trains in order to meet Britain's climate change obligations. Removing carriages outside rush hour would conserve energy and reinforce rail's reputation as one of the greenest modes of transport, says an industry manifesto published today.

But what's this?

In the Independent they ran with...

The number of main line trains is only about 5 per cent greater than it was in 1994 yet they are carrying 60 per cent more passengers, a rail industry strategy report said today. Planned additional carriages are "desperately needed" on a system likely to have to accommodate a doubling in passengers over the next 30 years, the report added.

Is anybody actually managing the message?

UPDATE: Perhaps we should ask Pete...