35B's Recent Activity
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35B liked Streetert's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
One of the most significant posts for us.[ATTACH] https://rvrailway.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-first-section-of-track-goes-down-1.html
6. Lipanj 2026. u 15:21
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35B liked Steve's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I go out for a bit and all hell breaks loose! Thanks Tom. :) After a minutes thought, whilst it is a reasonable idea, I don't think that it is practical. If the venture is to satisfy the demand it is going to require two train sets c/w locos....
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35B odgovara u temi North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
My hunch is that the situation at NYMR is complex, and they have problems with both volume and price. The changing price strategies have shown that their fares are already right at the top of what the market will stand, hence the discounting...
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35B liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I worry that the filled carriages on the Whitby trains is indicative of the wholly thinking rather than demonstration of sound business model. It looks a bit too much like a focus on revenue to me and the focus needs to be first cashflow and...
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35B liked jnc's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
If my memory is not failing me (which I cheerfully admit it might), ISTR people saying that the Whitby trains were a good share of the NYMR's income. Would they be able to charge a third-party enough to make up for that (lost, if this happened)...
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35B liked Michael Whitehouse's post in the thread Vintage Trains 2026.
£62.50 Castle to Liverpool on 13th June in Standard Class. Unbeatable price I suggest. We can achieve this by adding more TSOs than we usually do (up to five instead of two) and listening to the non enthusiast market for days out to an...
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35B odgovara u temi North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
If you follow what @21B suggests, how much do you need those coach parties? I recoil at the premiumisation model, but the hard nosed commercial side of me thinks that it may be the right answer.
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35B liked 21B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Interesting thought from Tom. I think what it provokes is the question, “if another operator could make Whitby profitable why couldn’t the NYMR?” I think that the question might boil down to how high a ticket price the service could bear. And...
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35B liked SECR 65's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I think this is a really interesting idea. I suppose the possible issue is that, as you acknowledge, with the Whitby buisness being core to the nymr, removing that would almost destroy what the nymr is to some extent. Now, we can argue that many...
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35B odgovara u temi North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I suspect that this is a case where correlation does not equal causation, and the root causes are significantly deeper
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35B liked Kirk Oswald's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
That's certainly an intriguing take on the Whitby service and offers all manner of interesting solutions. The aspect of it I think tempting is that it simplifies the core Grosmont - Pickering operation making it more of a heritage offering as...
6. Lipanj 2026. u 11:28
