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Return of 3rd Class
Yup according to the Daily Mail (so it must be true ) Rail Companies are considering introducing a new level of service.
What else could they do to make it any worse ? Take the seats and windows out ? Make you travel on the roof and outsides ? Link here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ns-bad-be.html |
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The truth of the matter appears to be that a government minister didn't deny that a railway company would be allowed to introduce a third class of travel. Eurostar has three classes of travel, with what is now called Standard Select between Standard and First (or Business as they call it). This more or less aligns their service with that of the airlines who are their main competitors: Air France, for example, offers three classes on their European services.
I don't normally have a lot of sympathy with government ministers but in this case he seems to have a point that a railway union has deliberately misunderstood his statement and started this scaremongering. In my opinion no railway company has the slightest commercial interest in introducing a lower, cheaper class of service. They will be looking to provide a Standard plus service for which they can charge us even more money. |
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Seems a reasonable thing to do in this day and age.
I think the unions are stupid in the way they have reacted, and to me they have lost all of the little credibility they did have.
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not surprised they treat passengers as third rate especially northern rail.as for the union jumping in on this well done them.its time people started to grow a pair and got stuck in.
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What this MP is doing is just smoke and mirrors. He doesn't mention introducing MORE seats, just a way of paying extra for the crappy service you're already suffering. The railway bylaws are written that buying a ticket does NOT entitle you to have a seat. This is Victorian nonsense. If you go to the restaurant or a cinema you pay for the service which includes a seat. If you didn't get one you would complain. But when it comes to trains people just roll over and take this nonsense, whilst the train companies make staggering profits. Quote:
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3rd class suggests a much lower, more basic type of accommodation which is not the same as having a third class.
As I see things they want an additional class between standard and first class, what's wrong with that ? People are happy to be crammed in on cheap charter flights if it saves money, aren't they ? Let those who prefer to pay more do so.
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I'm sure when some of them have paid up to 17% extra for the same journey next month, they'll want to shell out even more just so that some of seats that they aren't guaranteed to sit in will be labelled "In between class". Last edited by Beeyar Wunby; 13th December 2012 at 18:21. |
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Your opinion is as valid as anyone's, of course. Even if you are wrong.
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