tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post4652310553310751502..comments2024-03-25T22:17:35.616+00:00Comments on Public Transport Experience: Sensible and Satisfactory : Sheffield to Solihull (2)fatbusblokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-25269857838971761042019-09-20T18:06:28.658+01:002019-09-20T18:06:28.658+01:00Stations not operated by Cross Country Trains. The...Stations not operated by Cross Country Trains. The anomaly is due to Cross Country Trains not operating any stations. Thus they save a lot of money, by not having a stations department.<br /><br />The costings are the same as for any station served by another operator or like Birmingham New Street which is run by Network Rail; nothing special.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-16567697958516083922019-09-20T09:54:30.316+01:002019-09-20T09:54:30.316+01:00No arguments over the "filthy lucre" at ...No arguments over the "filthy lucre" at all: all tickets are subject to a percentage fee that goes to the seller, with the remainder going as revenue to the operator(s) in agreed proportions. Thus, SWR do not get all the money for every ticket that FBB has bought at Axminster. In fact, for the split ticketing example that the FBBs travelled northwards on, the revenue accrueing to Axminster would also have been less than if one ticket had been issued for the whole journey.Shieldsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197794322283545552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-62083139254608551052019-09-20T08:52:18.866+01:002019-09-20T08:52:18.866+01:00While as a fellow visitor I absolutely agree with ...While as a fellow visitor I absolutely agree with signage on the Moor Street link (and like many others I've chosen the "dark and threatening walkway" rather than the route up and across the shopping centre), it is odd the lengths FBB has gone to (when revisiting this route using Google streetview) to crop out the slopes one can use instead of having to "tackle" the steps. At least four of the pictures used would show the gentle slopes available at either end if they hadn't been cropped so tightly. I appreciate it's entirely possible a weary traveller looking for signs might plausibly miss the unsigned slope at the start, but to go to so much effort to deny something exists when blogging when it clearly does is pretty shameful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com