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jnc replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

In other words, by significantly expanding paid staff, the NYMR may well have already run itself into a financial dead end from which there is no exit? (If so, I am very unhappy to point it out - but if this is the situation, sticking one's head...

jnc liked paul1609's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

I suspect that if you were to analyse the Nymr route and ignore the network rail cost issues. You'd operate Whitby to Goathland and abandon or selectively operate the Goathland to Pickering section. It's an awful lot of railway at the bottom of...

jnc liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

I think that, relatively speaking, running on the six miles to Whitby is a cheap operation. There may be some additional costs but there are no infrastructure maintenance coasts to consider. I don't think even the additional costs are that...

jnc liked 60044's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

The Trust membership were persuaded to back Whitby operations because high expenditure on the NYMR's own infrastructure was foreseen, and it was anticipated that the extension to Whitby would increase the annual surplus to help fund them. That...

jnc liked Jark91's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

The railway existed for many decades operating between Grosmont and Pickering with no Whitby service, moving huge numbers of people. Whitby may be the most popular chunk of the service now (I have no idea but this thread always suggests so) but...

jnc liked Sawdust's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

Large operating losses can not be sustained for very long. If it is a choice of reducing the number of paid staff now, if the trend has not been eliminated in the next set of accounts or risking the entire staff losing their jobs and losing much...

jnc liked Sawdust's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

One of the problems with running to Whitby is that neither the number or timing of available paths is in the NYMR's control, so everything has to be fitted around them. That is not intended to be either pro or anti Whitby, just a statement of the...

jnc liked peckett's post in the thread Kent & East Sussex Railway.

Will people please stop using abreveations.RR I take as run round.PNB.?. If it's too much bother to use the English language,why bother a all .?

jnc liked 60044's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

jnc liked 60044's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

If they do, they are clearly not making the right use of it, or it is the wrong information, as the continuing deficits are- or are you advocating simply accepting these in expectation of grants and bequests to offset them - and at the same to...

jnc liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

We have different views on this subject. in my opinion the vast majority of people will want to go to either Whitby or Goathland and that is what needs to be catered for. Trying to entice people to go to Levisham, Newtondale or Grosmont will...

jnc replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

Good observations, but don't focus too much on the 'business' part of the NYMR. The NYMR as a whole is much more than that - like most heritage lines - and it's as a whole that the NYMR will succeed or fail. Noel

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

As I said, there are two separate issues. One is about paid staff being on a board, the other is about conflict of interest. Answers will vary by organisation and timing, but I think what is being lost sight of is that directors have a legal...

jnc liked Dead Sheep's post in the thread SVR General Discussion.

For those of you with an FT subscription, the SVR has unusually featured as a story. Please use the sharing tools found via the share button at the top or side of articles. Railway enthusiasts split over plan to restore train services in...

jnc liked Matt78's post in the thread The Gwili Railway thread.

Work has commenced on the final connection to road 2 of the carriage shed.