Rail Strike is over!
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Libs think they are the reason why.
Joe runs this ship without a hiccup.
donnie is doing a pouty dance.
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President Joe Biden took charge and the strike is over!
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ArishMell · 70-79, M
@FrogManSometimesLooksBothWays That may be true of the vast number of people you know and your local railways; but not over here in the UK where we've suffered from various rail strikes this year!
Indeed, over-crowding is a common complaint on many services... from passengers adding themselves to the crowds but unable to grasp that a railway has a finite traffic capacity, especially with trains running routinely at >90mph so needing sizeable gaps between them. (Some criticism is fair, where the trains are too short or too few for the demand.)
We see many stations even many tens of miles from major towns have become unofficial "park-and-ride" centres for, mainly, commuters who drive, or use a bus if available and more convenient, to the railway station; then travel to the city by rail.
One advertising hoarding I saw on an English Midlands building-site not long ago proclaimed the new houses would be three-quarters of an hour by train from London (Marylebone) - you'd still need move from that terminus to your work of course. That particular town is at least 70 miles from Central London.
So rail strikes can disrupt many people's lives.
Indeed, over-crowding is a common complaint on many services... from passengers adding themselves to the crowds but unable to grasp that a railway has a finite traffic capacity, especially with trains running routinely at >90mph so needing sizeable gaps between them. (Some criticism is fair, where the trains are too short or too few for the demand.)
We see many stations even many tens of miles from major towns have become unofficial "park-and-ride" centres for, mainly, commuters who drive, or use a bus if available and more convenient, to the railway station; then travel to the city by rail.
One advertising hoarding I saw on an English Midlands building-site not long ago proclaimed the new houses would be three-quarters of an hour by train from London (Marylebone) - you'd still need move from that terminus to your work of course. That particular town is at least 70 miles from Central London.
So rail strikes can disrupt many people's lives.
@Aliveshock I know. I was yanking your chain. ✌️ 🤣
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