Starting a new thread to continue on from here:
https://forum.fellrunner.org.uk/show...l=1#post653782
That post and replies until we get to:
I agree completely, the point being that the privatisation of public transport has rendered the less popular routes unprofitable and subsequently abandoned.
Completely unacceptable in my book.
The reality should be a public transport system that works, not one that is fundamentally broken on practically every level. In fact I would go as far to say that the only way our current public transport system works is to take money from public taxation by way of subsidies and to take money from our pockets directly by way of extortion.
Also, the recent introduction of peak times int he afternoon has effectively established a third class of transport:
1st class empty carriages for rich people who have more money than sense (£444 return from Leeds to London at peak time - I am not joking the is the actual cost - look it up - who does that?)
2nd class for working folk who just about manage to afford the extortion
3d class for peasants like me who can't afford to travel at peak times
Whenever I buy a ticket I always ask for scumbag class, the ticket sellers at the train station are cool, they agree and laugh along with me