XC don't do at seat catering north of EDB/west of PLY.
In fact, they withdrew it!
UPDATE: This from Billy Connections:
Here's a whole list of things XC promised to do...
Introduction of five High Speed Train (HST) sets each with eight state-of-the-art refurbished coaches (total of 550 seats per set), providing longer trains with more seats and luggage space on the major North East-South West route...
Errr... all HSTs reduced by one vehicle and only 2 in daily service - plus two hired to East Coast at the moment...
High quality service on board:
introduction of at-seat catering, reflecting customer preferences
Wi-Fi access for all seats on all HSTs and Voyagers, and improved mobilephone reception on Voyagers
hot plated food available to First Class passengers
three members of staff providing on board service on long distance trains
Errr... Catering? Plated food?? Three members of staff???
More like microwaved food on cardboard or plastic containers, not a plate in site, and never seen more than one member of staff in First Class.
And Wi-Fi is not just invisible on the Voyagers but nowhere to be seen on the HSTs either!
So much for The Thin Controller's promise to be tough on ANY franchise which doesn't meet its commitments. Come on Adonis - with just 8 days to go there may be votes in a breach notice!
In the final minutes there was a head to head between Dan, who books training courses for NHS employees, and Anne, who works for "a railway company in York".
Eye understands that Anne is being far too modest - she is in fact the Finance Manager for Grand Central.
So what was the result of this latest, televised, battle between the public and private sectors?
Exciting news from Osama Saeed the SNP candidate for Glasgow Central.
Keen to better understand the views of his potential constituents Osama has sent out the following survey.
All very laudable and good to see that the people are finally being listened to.
But what's this?
Not content with destroying The Union do the Scottish Nationalists also plan to repeal Einstein's General Theory of Relativity?
Mind you if they can cut the distance to London the business case for High Speed 2 gets even better!
UPDATE: This from a Mr West... Actually, the SNP seem to be a very solid grasp of Einstein's relativity.
As any fule kno, a rail passenger travelling at (high) speed will observe a smaller distance from Glasgow to London than a stationary observer due to compression of the space-time continuum.
It's basic rocket science, really.
UPDATE: This from Captain Deltic...
Indeed, as the famous limerick explains There was a young fellow called Bright Who thought Einstein's theory was right. He departed one day In a relative way, And came back the previous night.
