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Originally Posted by Urban_Sky
I have no idea what the UK's "ghost trains" have to do with anything which has been discussed here lately, but just to save people from wasting more thoughts on this lazy non-reply than necessary:
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Originally Posted by swimmer_spe
Type in "UK Ghost Trains". Read about how passenger trains are running on routes that pick up no passengers. Then help me understand why you feel that is great. After all, you did state the UK is doing it right.
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I figured it might be this - I'm not sure how you think this helps the argument, as these ghost trains are a rare occurrence, and we can all agree they are a result of broken policy and undesirable. But this sort of ghost train describes nearly the entirety of VIA's network outside of the corridor! No one uses the service because the alternatives are so superior, so it is run infrequently, thus making the service even worse! But the operator is forced to run the service because of government rules that haven't kept up with reality.
And look at what their definition of "ghost train" is - a service of once per day! Sound familiar?
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