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ghost liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The reality is that last year's pricing model was seen by many people as an annual pass. It may not have been, there may be all sorts of legal nuances about what it actually meant, but in terms of customer perception, customers saw it as an...
Jun 14, 2025 at 8:52 AM -
ghost liked Hampshire Unit's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
Woking Whistler out on Wednesday evening [img]"Woking Whistler" at Northside Lane by Stephen Morley, on Flickr
Jun 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM -
ghost liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I sort of get that point, though it still begs the wider question - why can’t you also have Gift Aid price on the core Picketing - Grosmont section? The equivalent of a “House and garden” or “garden only” price at a stately home. You have...
Jun 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM -
ghost liked flying scotsman123's post in the thread Lynton and Barnstaple - Operations and Development.
You do have to wonder if something's gone wrong if a volunteer of 30 years feels they have nothing in common with a society with the nominal purpose of supporting said railway...
Jun 11, 2025 at 8:54 PM -
ghost liked mdewell's post in the thread Downpatrick & County Down Railway.
:oops: Apologies to our friends across the Irish Sea. I should look at my own map!
Jun 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM -
ghost liked mikehartuk's post in the thread Rother Valley Railway.
The architectural style of the new station building at Robertsbridge is designed to follow the same style as the Colonel's station building at Tenterden - including the 'corrugated iron' roof covering. The roof covering we used on the toilet...
Jun 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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ghost liked Stinch's post in the thread Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters.
Going to be warm today. :)
Jun 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM -
ghost replied to the thread Downpatrick & County Down Railway.
You may need to check your geography ;) Downpatrick is in N.Ireland. N.Ireland is part of the UK.
Jun 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM -
ghost 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 4:16 PM -
ghost liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
But as you carry fewer and fewer people, you end up spreading your fixed costs onto a smaller and smaller number of shoulders. The reductio ad absurdum of your approach might be to find a single person willing to pay £8m for a single return...
Jun 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM -
ghost liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I'm making no assumption about specific fare levels. My observation is from a completely different place, which is that I think the numbers of people visiting are a key metric, and that there is a fundamental question about the absolute numbers...
Jun 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM -
ghost liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Did the NYMR ever explore whether a Gift Aid, “Grosmont - Pickering only” fare was available in addition to the Whitby -Pickering? You’ve made much play on the HMRC deeming that the price had to include viewing the “whole” work of the charity,...
Jun 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM -
ghost liked 60044's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
The question then must be whether it was ever necessary to include the stated clause in the charitable objectives? Or, if the intention was to include operations further afield - e.g. to Battersby or Middlesboro - it could it not have been...
Jun 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM -
ghost liked The Black Watch's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
I've not been on this thread for a few days, but I'd like to thank @Jamessquared for providing some analysis on the PLC profits and losses that I posted last week, its certainly generated some healthy debate.
Jun 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM -
ghost 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 11:49 AM
