'A Network Under Scrutiny' - 1991.

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• RC

  @RC-pj1pr · 5 years ago

  1991: “Still running trains that are 30 years old”.... Networkers still running in 2020!

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• TB

  @tbrevink8319 · 4 years ago (edited)

  In The Netherlands we are currently also driving around with 45+ year old trains but mostly newer. As long as it's maintained properly and reliable there is no problem there.

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• TR

  @TrinityCourtStudios · 1 year ago

  Speaking as a conductor for Amtrak in the states it blows my MIND that people were just jumping out with manual doors open as trains arrive at their stations. Crazy.

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• CJ

  @cjmillsnun · 6 years ago

  "Mid to late 90's before Crossrail."  This is how much privatisation has pushed us back.  It's now January 2020 and we're still waiting.  Thameslink 2000 finally went "live" in 2018

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• SO

  @soundseeker63 · 5 years ago

  For all of the many, many complaints about BR, what they managed to do with so little cash was actually quite impressive.<br>Nowadays, with the privatised system, we pay in something like 4X the amount in government support to supports all those private TOCs, and lets not even mention the vast debts that Network Rail has racked up! &nbsp; Clearly the nationalised system is the way to go in terms of financial efficiency. But as with anything else in life, you get what you pay for!

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• NA

  @NavigatorBR · 6 years ago

  I&apos;ve been looking for this for years...

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• SA

  @Sameoldfitup · 5 years ago

  “Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one <br>present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams.

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• AC

  @AC.LM11 · 5 years ago

  I&apos;m too young to remember the days of the &apos;slam door&apos; trains. So it&apos;s very cool to see how people would fling the doors open and depart the train whilst it&apos;s still moving.

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• MA

  @marklee1194 · 5 years ago

  I used to watch this back in the day.

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• GD

  @gdwnet · 5 years ago

  30 years on and the same promises are being made with no sign of actual improvements.

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• 39

  @390h8er · 6 years ago

  Many thanks for uploading. I used to watch this frequently but it kept getting taken down. Fingers crossed it stays up.🤞

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• PA

  @paulmiller591 · 4 years ago

  So much for Crossrail in the late 1990s but at least we are very close to opening now

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