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Sulzerman replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Do the WHR/FR load 250 to 300 passengers on their first train of the day? It's a different railway. The NYMR is not Tallyllyn either.
Jun 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM -
Sulzerman replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
It will be difficult to assess the impact of the higher fares on ridership due to the steam ban, which is now almost eight weeks long. At least steam is now beginning to re-appear and this should provide a boost to takings.
Jun 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM -
Sulzerman liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The point here is not Gift Aid/no Gift Aid, but the combination of a) a further price rise into luxury day out territory and b) a shift in how Gift Aid works. It is a change from the 2024 pricing, where Gift Aid provided something of genuine...
Jun 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM -
Sulzerman replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
If Gift Aid brings in £400k, that equates to around one carriage of passengers per day over the season. If 60 or so people are put off by the high fares each day, that equals all of the GA takings. Less passengers does mean less income. Even...
Jun 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM -
Sulzerman replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Is it correct to say the basis of a recent substantial grant was to increase passenger numbers? How does this square with taking fewer people for higher prices?
Jun 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM -
Sulzerman 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 11:12 PM -
Sulzerman 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 11:10 PM -
Sulzerman liked cksteam's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Let me start my reply by stating that I really want the NYMR to succeed, as I'm sure most of us on here do. Regardless of the Gift Aid issue, or other factors that contributed, the pricing change this year has created a lot of noise because of...
Jun 9, 2025 at 11:33 AM -
Sulzerman 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 9:06 AM -
Sulzerman 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 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM -
Sulzerman replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The original press release for oil firing is here https://www.nymr.co.uk/news/no-2253-omaha-to-be-converted-from-coal-to-oil
Jun 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM -
Sulzerman 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 10:32 PM
