The Reid wrote:
> On Sat, 2 Dec 2006 21:31:43 +0000,
> this_address_is_for_spam@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor of
> the royal duchy of city south and deansgate) wrote:
>
> >> Why do you think that is?
> >
> >I can't say for sure. More people, higher petrol prices and congestion
> >on roads, good economy (so more people needing to travel for work) would
> >be a start.
>
> certainly lots of people commuting long distances by train because of
> London house prices.
Yes, true. I do think that the train operators have done a bit though,
in particular the advance purchase tickets have encouraged a lot more
offpeak travel. By the way, as I wrote this post, the train was passing
through Rainhill station! (Look it up if you're interested in its
significance to this thread!)
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