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  1. 21B replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I agree. Very likely to be much more complex than we can see from the outside. The cost of the railway is undoubtedly high in infrastructure just the length suggests that. Fully agree that the various price experiments haven’t found the right...

    Jun 6, 2026 at 2:12 PM

  2. 21B replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I worry that the filled carriages on the Whitby trains is indicative of the wholly thinking rather than demonstration of sound business model. It looks a bit too much like a focus on revenue to me and the focus needs to be first cashflow and...

    Jun 6, 2026 at 1:01 PM

  3. 21B liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    If you follow what @21B suggests, how much do you need those coach parties? I recoil at the premiumisation model, but the hard nosed commercial side of me thinks that it may be the right answer.

    Jun 6, 2026 at 12:56 PM

  4. 21B replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Interesting thought from Tom. I think what it provokes is the question, “if another operator could make Whitby profitable why couldn’t the NYMR?” I think that the question might boil down to how high a ticket price the service could bear. And...

    Jun 6, 2026 at 11:52 AM

  5. 21B replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I wasnt disbelieving you or the other person, just expressing surprise that the budget would be set so low, and would certainly be hard work to stick to I think.

    Jun 5, 2026 at 7:11 AM

  6. 21B liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I don’t know the details but I assume it was for materials only. As I said, it was said to me by a person who was very much involved in the engineering management during a conversation and was to illustrate the problems of keeping the locos...

    Jun 5, 2026 at 7:09 AM

  7. 21B replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I’m assuming/hoping that the £5k / yr / loco was the budget for spares only. Even so a couple of broken springs would eat that as you say. I can’t really see it being possible to stick to such a budget. I didn’t budget it in that way, but if I...

    Jun 4, 2026 at 10:05 PM
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