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#1
10th April 2009, 07:25
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Virgin Trains will NOT compete with regional service
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#2
10th April 2009, 16:09
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I knew about this already, but it suggests 1 of 2 things.
1. Virgin didn't do their market research in Nuneaton 2. They were afraid that the price for being allowed to compete with WSMR from Telford / Shrewsbury would be to allow WSMR to pick up in the West Midlands ! Also, if the proposed Virgin services were on viable paths, then maybe WSMR could run the service instead ! It would probably be quicker than their existing route ...
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#3
11th April 2009, 07:26
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More here -
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0c0fc63c-2...44feabdc0.html Slightly off-topic, a schoolboy howler - Q. What is pink and hard in the morning? . . . . . . . . . . A. The Financial Times crossword! 
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#4
11th April 2009, 20:34
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Whatever the reason, it's got to be a good thing. Outfits like WSMR need encouragement - not being driven out by the big boys. If we have to have a privatised railway, then we must at all costs avoid it being in the hands of just two or three big TOC's.
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#5
11th April 2009, 20:47
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What's pink & wrinkly & hangs out your underpants?
Your Mother/Grandmother 
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#6
12th April 2009, 06:21
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15th April 2009, 07:02
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#8
18th April 2009, 07:14
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Still in the news, a nice article in The Guardian -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...pshire-railway
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