Train Catches Fire in Sihanoukville

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Doc67 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 26, 2022 3:11 pm
mannanman wrote: ↑Fri Feb 25, 2022 2:18 pm
DankSinatra wrote: ↑Fri Feb 25, 2022 1:40 pm Those trains are a national disgrace.
Have you ever heard of British Rail?
Hasn't existed for over 20 years. Now the private sector get the subsidies, then screw it up until they go bust whereupon their routes return to public control (Network Rail). They seem to run more efficiently without having to pay dividends and so they sell them off again.

British genius :facepalm:
Sort of ruins the joke though.
However, when it did run 20 years ago it was shit and those same shit managers and board directors joined the new franchises to help fuck up those.

Long live Virgin.
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Re: Train Catches Fire in Sihanoukville

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mannanman wrote: ↑Sat Feb 26, 2022 3:21 pm
Doc67 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 26, 2022 3:11 pm
mannanman wrote: ↑Fri Feb 25, 2022 2:18 pm
DankSinatra wrote: ↑Fri Feb 25, 2022 1:40 pm Those trains are a national disgrace.
Have you ever heard of British Rail?
Hasn't existed for over 20 years. Now the private sector get the subsidies, then screw it up until they go bust whereupon their routes return to public control (Network Rail). They seem to run more efficiently without having to pay dividends and so they sell them off again.

British genius :facepalm:
Sort of ruins the joke though.
However, when it did run 20 years ago it was shit and those same shit managers and board directors joined the new franchises to help fuck up those.

Long live Virgin.
Virgin died in 2019. :D

RIP

https://inews.co.uk/news/stagecoach-vir ... ing-278587
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Re: Train Catches Fire in Sihanoukville

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Doc67 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 26, 2022 3:12 pm
timmydownawell wrote: ↑Fri Feb 25, 2022 4:52 pm
Bluenose wrote: ↑Fri Feb 25, 2022 3:05 pm
DankSinatra wrote: ↑Fri Feb 25, 2022 1:40 pm Those trains are a national disgrace.
At least there are some trains now!
Freight trains never stopped during COVID, only the passenger ones.
Haven't they started the passenger routes yet? What are they waiting for?
Last I heard from them they were hoping to restart passenger trains for Khmer New Year. Probably not in much hurry because they're not very profitable, if at all.
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Doc67 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 26, 2022 3:12 pm

Haven't they started the passenger routes yet? What are they waiting for?
Freight is more lucrative; passengers are an inconvenience
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