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  1. 35B replied to the thread Southwold Railway.

    And, however much I disagree with their attitude and approach, that needs to be respected. I wish you all the best with this

    Oct 29, 2026 at 2:34 PM

  2. 35B replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Embsay has been mentioned; the experience there suggests that the questions are about degree (the railway is now almost entirely oriented towards coach traffic), and managing the reservations so that coach parties get their seats (easier for a...

    Oct 29, 2026 at 2:28 PM

  3. 35B liked MuzTrem's post in the thread Southwold Railway.

    I'm sure a lot of the objections are just prejudice. People hear the word 'railway' and they immediately assume noise, smoke etc. Hopefully, taking baby steps will gradually break down the resistance. People will see the extended railway, realise...

    Oct 29, 2026 at 1:21 PM

  4. 35B replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Success that depends on a core customer providing coach traffic, and which does not encourage general public traffic.

    Oct 29, 2026 at 1:20 PM

  5. 35B liked Sawdust's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Firstly all school holiday periods do warrant 7 day a week operation. The problem is, leisure activities are most often spur of the moment decisions. Dynamic pricing would require advance bookings for specific trains, which hasn't been terribly...

    Oct 29, 2026 at 1:19 PM

  6. 35B replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I suggest that dynamic pricing is a high risk strategy. It has worked economically in a number of high profile cases (e.g. the Oasis reunion) where demand far exceeded supply, and the promoter didn't need to worry about the long term...

    Oct 29, 2026 at 1:15 PM

  7. 35B replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    @Jamessquared is absolutely right about pricing off demand - it's a bizarre strategy that will narrow the demand base when one of the key challenges is how to keep demand as broad as possible More generally, you make a very significant...

    Oct 29, 2026 at 12:22 PM

  8. 35B liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    An ex company Chairman of ours was quite keen on pointing out that many of our passengers had spent Monday - Friday standing on crowded trains going to work, and didn't want to repeat the experience as part of their leisure. A consequence of...

    Oct 29, 2026 at 12:11 PM
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