Quote Originally Posted by WBA1955 View Post
I honestly believe that rail is the future. The people a hundred years ago got it right first time, trams and railways. Then the trams went and many railways closed, causing congestion and pollution on roads by lorries transporting stuff that went by rail.
We have learnt a lesson sixty years down the line, light rail is being expanded, and some old lines are being reopened. But you can't get a train from Stourbridge directly to Wolverhampton, and you never will again, closing that line and building on it was madness.
As I say, I believe rail is the way forward, too many people on the roads today who I wouldn't trust with a shopping trolley.
But rail has to be made affordable, reliable and clean.
At the moment it's a mess.
Spot on, one of the big problems is reliability of service, I commute into London once a week, the number of cancellations is shocking, mostly due to lack of staff, and woe betide any issues on the line, simply the number of staff at stations, signalling and driving has been cut to a bare minimum, on a weekend if I do go into London I drive, simply so I know I can get home again.. that can’t be right!