It's almost beyond belief that the Council can spend so much money on the long awaited Ricoh Station and then not have sufficient trains to make use of it.
Or maybe it's just par for the course.
Or even listen to what London Midland told them that their will be no more rolling stock available until 2017 and only if electrification of the line is done! and not tell the Buyers of the RICOH bullshit to make the sales more inviting. Apparently the owners are well pissed about it all as they were relient on the train service to bring all their london based supporters to the matches and other customers for their conferencing facilities thus alleviating the need to put on expensive coaches for them. My hear bleeds that they have been shafted by our Council!I don't think the council have any trains do they? I think it is the remit of London Midland to provide the service and the rolling stock? Unfortunately all they have provided is laughing stock. It shows a weakness in the Conservative argument that privatisation always leads to providing better customer service.
Or even listen to what London Midland told them that their will be no more rolling stock available until 2017 and only if electrification of the line is done! and not tell the Buyers of the RICOH bullshit to make the sales more inviting. Apparently the owners are well pissed about it all as they were relient on the train service to bring all their london based supporters to the matches and other customers for their conferencing facilities thus alleviating the need to put on expensive coaches for them. My hear bleeds that they have been shafted by our Council!
Apparently the owners are well pissed about it all as they were relient on the train service to bring all their london based supporters to the matches and other customers for their conferencing facilities thus alleviating the need to put on expensive coaches for them.
Apparently the owners are well pissed about it all as they were relient on the train service to bring all their london based supporters to the matches and other customers for their conferencing facilities thus alleviating the need to put on expensive coaches for them.
I went to a game in Germany at the weekend where everyone seemed to use public transport. Just as well, given the amount of beer they consume at games! There were 56000 people there and after the game the punters were quickly transported away on many waiting trains. The stadium station had 10 platforms for this. Five times the attendance at the Ricoh and they didn't even have to delay the kick off!
Same at Ajax, no problem getting the majority of the crowd onto public transport.
Went to Metlife Stadium in New Jersey as well. Its well out in the sticks and holds over 80K yet no problem getting people to and from the stadium via train.
We are so far behind in this country.
It's almost beyond belief that the Council can spend so much money on the long awaited Ricoh Station and then not have sufficient trains to make use of it.
Or maybe it's just par for the course.
Glad i am not the only one!!!I've got the song 'Chattanooga Choo Choo' going round and round in my head after reading this thread. :guitar2:
That must be the only thing moving in your bodies then. you pair must be ancient if you know of that song , at least 60 or somefin.
I don't think the council have any trains do they? I think it is the remit of London Midland to provide the service and the rolling stock? Unfortunately all they have provided is laughing stock. It shows a weakness in the Conservative argument that privatisation always leads to providing better customer service.
That's enough of the backchat, you cheeky young whippersnapper!
Thanks, Bob. I enjoyed watching that. :claping hands:
I am not advocate of privatisation but it isn't privatisation per se that's the problem. It's the way it is organised (or not).I don't think the council have any trains do they? I think it is the remit of London Midland to provide the service and the rolling stock? Unfortunately all they have provided is laughing stock. It shows a weakness in the Conservative argument that privatisation always leads to providing better customer service.
I don't think that's the Conservative argument at all.
I think the argument is that it almost always improves efficiency.
Where's the evidence for that?
Look at the fabulous new tram system that runs across Nottingham. That City is both poorer and smaller than Coventry but it's transport links are now superb. Coventry has been hamstrung by successive councils since WW2 and now the current regime wants to sell us down the river in this hideous amalgamation with Birmingham and the Black country. This will succeed in pouring all the money into the central hub of Brum, encouraging everyone to use their shops, sports clubs and facilities, concert halls, restaurants etc etc. We are becoming a university suburb and nothing more.
The evidence that that's the Conservative argument? Or have you assumed that it's my opinion and you're asking me to present the evidence that that is indeed the case?
it's a great system, it really is. It's just been extended too and NET Phase 2 has just opened.
It's about the same size city, is it really poorer though? I'd have thought with the two uni's and more affluent areas it'd be richer
it's a great system, it really is. It's just been extended too and NET Phase 2 has just opened.
It's about the same size city, is it really poorer though? I'd have thought with the two uni's and more affluent areas it'd be richer
We have two bettter universities and
Nottingham ranked dead last in terms of disposable income per person according to the ONS – at £11,411 per person. Leicester, Blackburn and Darwen and Hull were then next three poorest places in the UK
it's a great system, it really is. It's just been extended too and NET Phase 2 has just opened.
It's about the same size city, is it really poorer though? I'd have thought with the two uni's and more affluent areas it'd be richer
| 3 | University of Nottingham | 35,540 |
| 18 | Nottingham Trent University | 27,930 |
| 19 | University of Warwick | 27,440 |
| 12 | Coventry University | 27,270 |
The South of Coventry is one of the most affluent areas in the midlands but overall it's a middle of the road place. Not particularly rich and not particularly poor. There is a perception that it is poor which is something the council continue to magnify.
I read elsewhere that the council in the 60s declined to name Warwick University after Coventry due to their belief that it was elitist. This might be nonsense.
There was another recent story where some councillor came out and talked Coventry down as being "not that kind of place" sand "working class city" in response to some plan or other.
The latter. My mistake.
Worked at two companies, one previously nationalized, who's Number 1 priority (unofficially) was shareholder profit.I am not advocate of privatisation but it isn't privatisation per se that's the problem. It's the way it is organised (or not).
Get use to it. This goverment has plans over the next five years to privatise the nhs, police, prisons and fire brigade to put money into the likes of g4s who alot of the current cabinet have shares in. They will feed you more bullshit about improved service blah blah but theres only one winner and thats the shareholders who put profit before public service. The rail companies and gas and electric companies are a prime example
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