The UK Rail Wibble thread (Was:Hitachi wins IEP bid)

[welshdragon]

£0.001p

[JamieLei]

£0.001p

per microlitre!

[Kevo00]

I don't mind diesel in itself - it's not the most efficient, but for many places it's a lot cheaper to run diesels for the next 50 years than to electrify the thing and then run cheaper electric trains.

Hehe - would you like to speculate on the price of diesel in 2059?..

Still doesn't mean we should electrify every inch of railway from Penzance to Thurso though. Not yet anyway. Also if rail usage increases as dramatically as most of the posters on this forum seem to believe it will then the cost of diesel per passenger will be vastly reduced...

[JamieLei]

Unfortunately it's declined as was expected because of the recession - London Underground reported a 32,000 fall for an average week day this month.

[Kevo00]

Yes, and guess who's been telling you all that its going to fall for months...

[JamieLei]

Yes, and guess who's been telling you all that its going to fall for months...

Quiet you

I didn't expect it to fall overall though - would be interesting to see how much it falls in the end. I'm also wondering which is more prone, business or leisure travel?

[Kevo00]

I'd expect commuting is where the numbers are probably really falling.