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"the UK public transport system seems rigged to ensure the car is always cheaper and easier to use" and it gets worse.Thats what I find particularly weird about Britain, it's expensive here to drive/park etc. but our public transport is priced in a way as to not compete. Instead of saying it costs x to run so thats what we charge we say well it costs y to drive and z to park so lets price our buses/trains against that instead. And then, in a really strange way of doing things, if nobody uses the trains we promise to make sure the guys who profit from them can't lose any money by throwing taxpayer cash at them.
People use cars for cost and convenience, the UK public transport system seems rigged to ensure the car is always cheaper and easier to use. Take my disastrous attempt to reach Manchester Airport in January, the cost one way was more than petrol for a return journey and it took longer on the train than to drive in the one direction, but then one train was cancelled leaving me stranded and necessitating a taxi anyway as otherwise I'd have missed my flight! Because of this I won't risk the train again for anything important. Riga dropped their bus tickets from €50 to €30 per month last year, thats any bus/trolly/tram in the city any time of any day. People there use them even if they have cars because they are frequent and cheap, even if one breaks the next is never more than 10 minutes away
Wow...so different from how it is now.... The gasometers still stinks in high summer for those that know...
Are you sure that isn’t Boon’s?Wow...so different from how it is now.... The gasometers still stinks in high summer for those that know...
Wow...so different from how it is now.... The gasometers still stinks in high summer for those that know...
Still there, still stinks at times but apparently it's all quite safe and nothing to worry about...There was a factory in West Bromwich called I think Robinsons
It’s purpose was to produce’ the smell of gas’ so that it could be detected if there was a leak
Trouble was, they had lots of leaks themselves
So anyone living with a 3 mile radius had no idea if they were about to be blown up or it was ‘ just Robinsons ‘
Introduced with the conversion from coal gas to natural gas. Coal gas smelt, natural gas didn't.It’s purpose was to produce’ the smell of gas’ so that it could be detected if there was a leak
Introduced with the conversion from coal gas to natural gas. Coal gas smelt, natural gas didn't.
And Newport to Woodseaves ?Woodseaves to Newport
Road Closed