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Is there usually no train service on Boxing Day?
Just noticed on the National Rail website that apart from some small fringe services, there won't be any trains running on Boxing Day, which struck me as being slightly unusual - especially when you consider the full sport and football programme running that day.
Is this usually the case?
Is this usually the case?
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Yet there's demand for the Tube to run in London on Boxing Day, so I don't see what the difference is.
So you may think, but not the operators et al. Or probably the unions. I note the strike has been called off to wait until everything gets back to normal in order they can get maximum agony out of a proper working day and parrot 'The public will understand' - not.
Makes sense to me that they'd not be running a full service.
Boxing Day is not a bank holiday this year as it falls on the weekend.
Same goes; rail companies make their money from commuters and commuters don't commute on a weekend. And we get the Boxing Day bank holiday next Tuesday.
Well no as you made the point that it would cost the rail companies more to pay people to work the public holiday when it isnt a public holiday.
Even the posties are working here on Christmas Day, almost as if it were a normal Saturday. For those working, I guess it is.
That was only half of the point; the rest of it was that train companies make their revenue from commuters.
And where is "here"? I don't think I've ever lived anywhere where there was post on Christmas Day. That's a bit rubbish for the postal workers.
Here is Liverpool. Yeah I thought it was rubbish too, even though it means I will get my parcel redelivered for Christmas morning. I'm guessing the half day is voluntary and necessary to clear the huge backlog of parcels sitting in distribution/sorting offices.
There are tube services in London - but the drivers are going to be on strike on Boxing Day so that might not even run either.
Its pathetic really - most European capital cities have public transport running even on Xmas Day.
Are you sure about postal workers working on Christmas day?
Well I havent heard anything "official" but when arranging to have a parcel redelivered I was offered Christmas morning otherwise I had to wait until Wednesday.
Somehow i dont think they would be out on Christmas day.
The Mail network shuts down for 4 days from this evening.
I know they want to get the offices cleared of parcels before going back to work next week - I'm hoping this means mine will actually come today. Not sure what you mean by "Mail Network" as I am talking about items that are already at their local delivery office and different postal areas will deal with their backlog on an individual basis.
One advantage of having a two-day shutdown is that it's useful for getting major engineering work done.
Nope - I recall back in the 1970's going from Southend To London on Boxing Day for a football match and we had to get the X400 bus from Southend Bus Station to Kings X and then the Underground from there because there was no mainline trains. Definitiely the 1970's as it was before I met my ex wife and that was in 1980.
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