West Somerset Railway in trouble!

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West Somerset Railway in trouble!

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-50481869

Sad to read about this. It takes a lot to turn around £12k operating profit into a £800k loss.

I think there is likely to be more to this story than we read in this item.
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Oh dear - that's one of my favourite weekend trips. Hope they can pull through. Looks as though staff costs were mainly to blame, £1.25M. Phew! R-
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That's a lot of paid staff - hope they can turn it round.
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RogerB wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2019 4:17 pm Oh dear - that's one of my favourite weekend trips. Hope they can pull through. Looks as though staff costs were mainly to blame, £1.25M. Phew! R-
The sum seems staggering, but in fact it can't account for the full downturn as it is a £550k increase in staffing costs.
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Like Roger, that's a couple of weekends 'written off'. More weekends where I'll be expected to go shopping etc.. How far is the Severn Valley from Southampton?????

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148 mile PP.
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At least it is Motorway or Dual Carriageway all the way to Junc 4 on the M5. There's always the Glos/Wark as well. If the worst comes to the worst
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