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stories on this page: bike
: another review
: bikes on trains
: congestion charge
: conversations on the train
: living with a Brompton
: not enough drivers
: PPP fiasco
: red tape
: railways
: rail delay
: concorde
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bike
I now have both a mountain bike and a Brompton folding cycle
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living with a Brompton
gear trouble
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bikes on trains
Not content with banning non-folding bikes on trains (see I won't see her again), Southern region is making life as difficult as possible for owners of folding bikes too
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conversations on the train
Sometimes fellow passengers can make the journey a pleasure
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congestion charge
Another example of the evils of outsourcing is the congestion charge for driving in central London
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PPP fiasco
The 'so-called' public-private partnership (PPP) on the tube is not working
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red tape
Alistair Darling has attacked the scale of bureaucracy in the rail industry
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another review
another review ... but will it change anything?
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not enough drivers
South West Trains cut 64 services a day for three months as it didn't have enough drivers
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railways
I have strong views on the railways, as I have been commuting on the Brighton line for nearly twenty years, and have seen their recent deterioration.
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another fine mess
I'm almost lost for words at the appallingly shoddy rail system we now 'enjoy'.
Take my journey home from Charing Cross on 6 November 2003 (please)
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concorde
I saw the last Concorde flying past my office window by Trafalgar Square and captured it (just) with my mobile phone.
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enough ranting!
I hope I have given some of you pause for thought. Thanks to those of you that
have sent comments already. They are noted and (usually) acted upon!
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