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  1. MellishR liked 60044's post in 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 9, 2025 at 10:17 AM

  2. MellishR liked 5944's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    The problem is you're seeing it as though suddenly everyone will be buying internal tickets rather than full line tickets - that's not the case. You've stated on a number of occasions that Whitby is the main destination, and nobody will refute...

    Jun 9, 2025 at 10:16 AM

  3. MellishR replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Yes, you might lose some revenue from people who would otherwise go to Whitby but choose the shorter journey if it is on offer; but you would gain from people who don't wish to go to Whitby or who do but plan to drive there on another day. If the...

    Jun 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM

  4. MellishR liked 1472's post in the thread SVR Loco Newsy News / discussions.

    OK we have a one day subjective survey taken yesterday on the GWSR and the near daily observations of Southernman99. The point is not which is cheaper to run (all heritage workings would be by DMU if that was the sole consideration) but which...

    Jun 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM

  5. MellishR liked 73108's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Something like a 'peak' and 'off-peak' pricing structure? Racking my brains... where I have heard that idea before? ;) At the risk of being boring, I'll re-state my previous point. Effectively price fares in two tiers, Pickering to Grosmont and...

    Jun 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM

  6. MellishR replied to the thread RTC 2025.

    On the Tornado thread I'm quoting that here because RTC describe their Varsity Explorer three weeks later (25th October) as the first on that line. They do have something of a claim, as Pathfinder's does it only one way, Bletchley to Bicester,...

    Jun 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM

  7. MellishR liked The Gricing Owl's post in the thread British Pullman 2025.

    What I posted is a screen grab from the top part of an A4 page in my book that I am drafting on Word. I used the snipping tool to get the screen grab, and that gives me the very low res jpeg from the Word document I used to upload here. For...

    Jun 6, 2025 at 9:20 AM

  8. MellishR liked Sheff's post in the thread Churnet Valley Railway General Discussion.

    I’m not optimistic for the patient’s outcome.

    Jun 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM

  9. MellishR liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    You could make them time-dependent. i.e. "Pickering - Whitby is £49,50, Whitby - Pickering is £25 but only valid on trains leaving before 12:00 etc". I know the tradition on heritage railways has tended to one price - but times are changing and...

    Jun 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM

  10. MellishR liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Or, equally possible, it's a legacy page that has been unlinked from the navigation but not actually deleted. Tom

    Jun 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM

  11. MellishR liked RailWest's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.

    I suspect that one of the problems in trying to assess and meet customers needs is that no two will have the same ideas - what is great for one may not appear to another. Take as an example this idea of an all-day 'rover' ticket that is used by...

    Jun 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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