Happier diner Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 25 minutes ago, Expat. said: The Corpy lost over £250k running the horse tramway in 2015 and called time on it in 2016. Which, as I say, isn't for me to judge other than, whatever premiums a heritage tram network can charge, it's never going to pay for itself. It's pony money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Buggane Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 3 hours ago, Expat. said: The Corpy lost over £250k running the horse tramway in 2015 and called time on it in 2016. Which, as I say, isn't for me to judge other than, whatever premiums a heritage tram network can charge, it's never going to pay for itself. That is part of the problem, what is it they say. Yes we know £12.50 is a lot of money but not bad value because Thorpe park costs £35.00 for a day ticket and you can ride as many times in that one day. All a load of tosh, who cares what it costs to go some where else and why would you pay that much even if it meant you could go on repeatedly and still not get to anywhere meaningful. In the olden days 50p one price get on or off whenever your choice, people used it instead of a bus or taxi. Surely it is better to have 500 at say £1.00 one trip or 30 at £10.00 ride as many times as you want. I have no idea as to cost of tickets on the clip clop also due to the fact of the lack of people non of the above is a good idea. The fact they have had the accountant look at the books and say we need £1.2million to break even and we have 284 customers per year that is going to be £3125 per ticket. Bingo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 (edited) Edited June 7 by Non-Believer screenshot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarndyce Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 (edited) On 6/5/2024 at 8:45 PM, Happier diner said: It's pony money Saddle up the Palomino… Edited June 7 by Jarndyce Wrong thread, chiz! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Voice of Reason Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 14 minutes ago, Jarndyce said: Saddle up the Palomino… That’s a Crazy Horse ( sorry wrong thread) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 7 hours ago, Non-Believer said: sounds like he might finally know something. maybe not enough track to do the job anyway , lengths bent due to mishandling , rusted to fuck?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Lamb Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 3 hours ago, WTF said: sounds like he might finally know something. maybe not enough track to do the job anyway , lengths bent due to mishandling , rusted to fuck?? Bent and useless? Step forward Dr Professor Ashford... 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monasqueen Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Track is like Gov't funding. It gets "stolen" for other things. There was enough, once, when the job should have been done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Buggane Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Can just see it, lads down at the hangers at Jurby. Are you sure these rails are to go Trevor, yes I'm sure look at them all rusty not moved in decades. The boss said get shut of all the crap give us some room for new buses or something he said, load al the scrap metal on the other truck can get us some beer tokens for the christmas knees up. It could happen, and used to regularly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 When they bought the rails wasn't there a lot of crowing that they'd got them cheap as left overs from another job or a cancelled order? Maybe we could sell them now under the same principle? Perhaps it's a regular "thing" to do only half a job on prom horsetram refurbs.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A fool and his money..... Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Didn't they spend a fortune cleaning the rust off the ones that they have already laid? Cos the prom took so long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 5 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: When they bought the rails wasn't there a lot of crowing that they'd got them cheap as left overs from another job or a cancelled order? Yes. They were bought after the failure of the Merseytram project, which was finally killed off in 2013, but was effectively over before and I think they were bought before that, though it would have been after Longworth was appointed in 2009. Here's a post and video from January 2017, when the rails were rusting away on the South Quay, it says there were over 6km worth, so not all that will have been used. I've long wondered if the root of this whole Prom fiasco lies in these rails. Because having bought them and discovered they couldn't be used on the other railways (not that that stopped Longworth replacing those unnecessarily) rather than cut their losses and admit they made a mistake, the whole project was encouraged to justify having them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 7 minutes ago, A fool and his money..... said: Didn't they spend a fortune cleaning the rust off the ones that they have already laid? Cos the prom took so long. Yes they brought over some very expensive specialists with specialized equipment ( read nine inch angle grinder) to de rust them. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emesde Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 9 minutes ago, A fool and his money..... said: Didn't they spend a fortune cleaning the rust off the ones that they have already laid? Cos the prom took so long. Yes in july2022 there was a company from Germany over here.Their vans regularly parked on prom.They were here for several weeks cleaning the rust off the tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A fool and his money..... Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Bet that wasn't cheap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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