Posts by brightonBreezy

South West Trains puts squeeze on commuters

Fine idea but..

Trouble is the network (around London at least) is at capacity during peak times so more trains are rarely an option without there being an ENORMOUS amount of investment in the infrastructure.

I couldn't agree more

It's not just South West Trains.

3 + 2 seating on british trains is wholly inadequate in pretty well every dimension. They are there due to political and media pressure on train companies to increase the number of seats and have NOTHING to do with passenger comfort (although they have a great deal to do with passenger DIScomfort!).

I'm a daily commuter and stand rather than endure such seating.

Statistics triumph again!

If you ask 100 passengers whether they want more seats available on their journey most are going to say "yes" of course.

I strongly suspect you'd get a very different answer if you included the type and dimensions of the seat!

UK motorists' electric car interest revs up

The Problem is Not Just Range or Cost

...It's also that I, like a very large proportion of the population, don't have any garage or private parking so am unable to charge a vehicle unless the council install a point outside my house