Save the Train forum

Dedicate to campaigning to retain an appropriate "TransWilts" passenger train service ... Swindon - Chippenham - Melksham - Trowbridge - Westbury - Dilton Marsh - Warminster - Salisbury ... and to other services too

THIS FORUM IS NOW A READ-ONLY ARCHIVE. Please use our Coffeeshop Forum for new posts

link to main site		Save the Melksham Train
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
May 24, 2012, 05:33:32 PM

Login with username, password and session length
Search:     Advanced search
Recommended service - hourly, according to the GWRUS. Let's work towards that service and towards ensuring all services are used.
7889 Posts in 5009 Topics by 97671 Members
Latest Member: AmuppyReess
* Home Help Search Calendar Login Register
+  Save the Train
|-+  General Discussion
| |-+  Greater Britain
| | |-+  800,000 Train Delays 'Cost £1bn' 		0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic. « previous next »
Pages: [1] Print
Author Topic: 800,000 Train Delays 'Cost £1bn'  (Read 1101 times)
Lee
Administrator
*****
Offline Offline

Posts: 3633


View Profile WWW
800,000 Train Delays 'Cost £1bn'
« on: March 14, 2008, 10:33:49 AM »
Rail passengers faced 800,000 delays on Britain's trains in 2006/7 and were poorly informed about them, according to the National Audit Office (NAO) (link below.)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7295682.stm
 
The watchdog said 14 million minutes were lost by late running trains, costing the public £1bn in lost time.

The NAO report also highlighted shortcomings in contingency plans put into place when delays occur.

Shadow Transport Secretary Theresa Villiers described the disruption as "too much misery for passengers".
Logged
Pages: [1] Print 
« previous next »
Jump to:  

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Save the Train | Powered by SMF 1.0.5.
© 2001-2005, Lewis Media. All Rights Reserved. 		Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!
Page created in 0.889 seconds with 19 queries.