Re: VXC patronage down


"Grumpy Old Man" <onemoregrumpyoldman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Joyce Whitchurch wrote:
> > Also in "Transit" this week: it would appear that Virgin CrossCountry
> > lost 20 per cent of their patronage during 2004/5, compared with 2003/4.
> > This is apparently due to "continuing changes to the scope of the
> > company's operation". Or IOW, the mother of all ORCATS raids has gone
> > into reverse.
> > --
> > Joyce Whitchurch, Stalybridge, UK
> > =================================
> > Do something amazing. Give blood.
> > <http://www.blood.co.uk/>
>
>
> So what is their source of verification? Probably not Virgin
> themselves, bet they used some prat with a clipboard at a station where
> services had been diverted.
>
> Do Transit have a website - Google turned up bugger all. Cant be much
> of a magazine with no website. Please correct me and file a link.
>
> As for the quote "continuing changes to the scope of the
> company's operation" - what an utter load of bollx.
>
> What changes have Virgin made? If anything they have been even more
> stable on XC.
>

According to the actual article, its the SRA's National Trends 2004/5.


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