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60044 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 4:39 PM -
60044 liked 35B's post in 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 4:39 PM -
60044 liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I'm making no assumption about specific fare levels. My observation is from a completely different place, which is that I think the numbers of people visiting are a key metric, and that there is a fundamental question about the absolute numbers...
Jun 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM -
60044 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Did the NYMR ever explore whether a Gift Aid, “Grosmont - Pickering only” fare was available in addition to the Whitby -Pickering? You’ve made much play on the HMRC deeming that the price had to include viewing the “whole” work of the charity,...
Jun 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM -
60044 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The question then must be whether it was ever necessary to include the stated clause in the charitable objectives? Or, if the intention was to include operations further afield - e.g. to Battersby or Middlesboro - it could it not have been...
Jun 9, 2025 at 10:36 AM -
60044 liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Tax law operates in its own universe, so I see little hope in that! The language used has been that of the “entire operation”, not “control”. I struggle with the interpretation, but tend to see that as being another example of where the nature...
Jun 9, 2025 at 8:20 AM -
60044 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I'm sorry, but this reply really does demonstrate the one-dimensional thinking hat pervades the NYMR management. They know the buzzwordsw about "premium services" but haven't a clue about how to provide them! Grosmont to Whitby is in demand and...
Jun 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM -
60044 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Not really relevant to this thread, though - it makes no mention of the Austerity! There once was an oil-fired Austerity at the KWVR, although I'm not sure how successful it was, or what type of oil it burned. It's just a guess, but I assume...
Jun 8, 2025 at 12:29 PM -
60044 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
It hasn't helped the volunteer situation that the NYMR "management" have sold off the volunteer accommodation at Pickering and instead offers any volunteers wanting to stay overnight accommodation miles away in an isolated place at Stape;...
Jun 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM -
60044 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Another illuminating response!
Jun 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM -
60044 liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Yes, I was just looking in a bit more detail. So some care is needed comparing figures from further back. Even so, just looking at the period after that structural change, there is a big change in staff costs as percentage of turnover between...
Jun 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM -
60044 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
That doesn't alter the fact that the wages bill of the NYMR is unsustainable, and for anyone who is not completely blinkered the likely outcome is rapidly heading towards disaster. I note that you didn't answer the question I posed in my earlier...
Jun 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM -
60044 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
It's hard not to feel that you've just put forward a "rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic" argument. The fact remains that the wage bills, however they are split between different sets of accounts (because ultimately they describe a single...
Jun 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
