West Somerset Railway in trouble!

[IanS]

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.

[RogerB]

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-

[bulleidboy]

That's a lot of paid staff - hope they can turn it round.

[IanS]

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.

[Postman Prat]

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?????

[brian1951]

148 mile PP.

[Postman Prat]

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