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  1. 35B replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    That's a fair question, but it begs two major questions. The first, narrow, question is about the relationship between fixed and variable costs. The point about a pub is that the sales relate to a variable cost (the beer), and need to cover the...

    Jun 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM

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

    I think the individual lines discussed are frequently exemplars of challenges in the sector. I have no problem with trying Gift Aid (and where I'm concerned about issues I will freely admit that these were not problems I'd seen). On the other...

    Jun 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM

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

    I think what tends to happen is that general problems get discussed with a specific line as exemplar. I think you’re right that the Moors is not particularly unusual. My impression is that actually things are brighter this year on the whole. I...

    Jun 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM

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

    Regardless of merit, the national network does that because there are different fare regimes in different places, generally the result of different fares setters* using different policies at different times. For a railway of less than 20 miles,...

    Jun 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM

  5. 35B replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Or maybe put a couple of Mk1s on the rear of the diner, and have it in the timetable as a "restricted capacity" service, so that there's an option for non-diners who might not want to risk a long gap between trains.

    Jun 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM

  6. 35B liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    But as you carry fewer and fewer people, you end up spreading your fixed costs onto a smaller and smaller number of shoulders. The reductio ad absurdum of your approach might be to find a single person willing to pay £8m for a single return...

    Jun 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM

  7. 35B liked torgormaig's post in the thread Spa Valley Railway Cuckoo Line Gala - June 13-15 2025.

    Bryan I was just using you as an excuse to hide the fact that I too am a closet fan of BR lined black and love the SR moguls. Alas I missed the last six weeks of regular steam on the Central Section (ie the Brighton Line) as I was away at...

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