new open access operator London to Edinburgh- Watch out NEEC

It's a pretty new company...

Name & Registered Office:
PLATINUM TRAINS LIMITED
6-7 EXCELSIOR COURT
CONISBROUGH
DONCASTER
SOUTH YORKSHIRE
DN12 3HQ
Company No. 06682366


Status: Active
Date of Incorporation: 27/08/2008

Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Company Type: Private Limited Company
Nature of Business (SIC(03)):
None Supplied
Accounting Reference Date: 31/08
Last Accounts Made Up To: (NO ACCOUNTS FILED)
Next Accounts Due: 27/05/2010
Last Return Made Up To:
Next Return Due: 24/09/2009

On 30 Aug, 07:53, rhdoxon <rhdo...@m> wrote:
> It's a pretty new company...
>
> Name & Registered Office:
> PLATINUM TRAINS LIMITED
> 6-7 EXCELSIOR COURT
> CONISBROUGH
> DONCASTER
> SOUTH YORKSHIRE
> DN12 3HQ
> Company No. 06682366
>
> Status: Active
> Date of Incorporation: 27/08/2008
>
> Country of Origin: United Kingdom
> Company Type: Private Limited Company
> Nature of Business (SIC(03)):
> None Supplied
> Accounting Reference Date: 31/08
> Last Accounts Made Up To: (NO ACCOUNTS FILED)
> Next Accounts Due: 27/05/2010
> Last Return Made Up To:
> Next Return Due: 24/09/2009
>

Incorporated last Wednesday! Hmm.

In message
<b3745008-c7ca-4e4f-9f30-25f6440de4b8@m36g2000hse..com>, at
02:18:53 on Sat, 30 Aug 2008, Mizter T <mizter.t@> remarked:
>> Name & Registered Office:
>> PLATINUM TRAINS LIMITED
>> 6-7 EXCELSIOR COURT
>> CONISBROUGH
>> DONCASTER

Some ex-GNER people, perhaps (on the basis that any company tends to be
located where the founders live).
--
Roland Perry

On 30 Aug, 10:55, Roland Perry <rol...@perry.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >> Name & Registered Office:
> >> PLATINUM TRAINS LIMITED
> >> 6-7 EXCELSIOR COURT
> >> CONISBROUGH
> >> DONCASTER
>
> Some ex-GNER people, perhaps (on the basis that any company tends to be
> located where the founders live).

Though the trains would seemingly not stop in Donny.

In message
<079ce423-f55c-4198-81cd-46ed4fd94947@k37g2000hsf..com>, at
03:51:51 on Sat, 30 Aug 2008, Mizter T <mizter.t@> remarked:
>> >> Name & Registered Office:
>> >> PLATINUM TRAINS LIMITED
>> >> 6-7 EXCELSIOR COURT
>> >> CONISBROUGH
>> >> DONCASTER
>>
>> Some ex-GNER people, perhaps (on the basis that any company tends to be
>> located where the founders live).
>
>Though the trains would seemingly not stop in Donny.

That's not especially relevant (although some ToCs, and BR before it, do
have "previous form" for capriciously stopping trains at stations where
senior managers live).
--
Roland Perry

On 30 Aug, 12:01, Roland Perry <rol...@perry.co.uk> wrote:

> In message
> <079ce423-f55c-4198-81cd-46ed4fd94...@k37g2000hsf..com>, at
> 03:51:51 on Sat, 30 Aug 2008, Mizter T <mizte...@> remarked:
>
> >> >> Name & Registered Office:
> >> >> PLATINUM TRAINS LIMITED
> >> >> 6-7 EXCELSIOR COURT
> >> >> CONISBROUGH
> >> >> DONCASTER
>
> >> Some ex-GNER people, perhaps (on the basis that any company tends to be
> >> located where the founders live).
>
> >Though the trains would seemingly not stop in Donny.
>
> That's not especially relevant (although some ToCs, and BR before it, do
> have "previous form" for capriciously stopping trains at stations where
> senior managers live).
>

No, sure, just thought it was an interesting point.

Any particular TOCs who are notable current 'offenders' in this
regard? Or previous BR managers who gained a notorious reputation for
this?

In message <rtadnZLf49i2ryTVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@bt.com>, at 12:33:18 on
Sat, 30 Aug 2008, Paul Scott <notvalidpmscott@> remarked:
>> Is it about time that the "New Measurement Train" was transferred back
>> into revenue earning duties?
>
>And stop doing track measurement at line speed without disruption to other
>services? Great idea.

Why can't they do the 125mph tracks at night?
--
Roland Perry

In message
<cf819c73-6e86-46c3-890c-2c88142838b9@d1g2000hsg..com>, at
04:15:40 on Sat, 30 Aug 2008, Mizter T <mizter.t@> remarked:
>>some ToCs, and BR before it, do
>> have "previous form" for capriciously stopping trains at stations where
>> senior managers live).

>Any particular TOCs who are notable current 'offenders' in this
>regard? Or previous BR managers who gained a notorious reputation for
>this?

There was some recent talk about new services from Frome to London being
suspiciously convenient for a FGW senior manager's commute.

Such things happen in the advertising industry too. It's well known that
many advertising agencies that start a major "Poster" campaign will
always arrange for sites on the client CEO's route to work to be
covered, irrespective of any other criteria for where they might think
the posters would be best displayed.

Personal experience is a wonderful thing. It was reported on the TV news
this morning that Alastair Darling only realised the problem with petrol
prices when he had to fill up his own car when on holiday - while in
London he would have been obliviously whisked everywhere in a paid-for
ministerial car.
--
Roland Perry

"Roland Perry" <roland@perry.co.uk> wrote in message
news:AhfhtEMP4TuIFAoC@perry.co.uk...
> In message
> <cf819c73-6e86-46c3-890c-2c88142838b9@d1g2000hsg..com>, at
> 04:15:40 on Sat, 30 Aug 2008, Mizter T <mizter.t@> remarked:
> >>some ToCs, and BR before it, do
> >> have "previous form" for capriciously stopping trains at stations where
> >> senior managers live).
>
> >Any particular TOCs who are notable current 'offenders' in this
> >regard? Or previous BR managers who gained a notorious reputation for
> >this?
>
> There was some recent talk about new services from Frome to London being
> suspiciously convenient for a FGW senior manager's commute.
>
Nothing new. Didn't the GWR run a broad gauge train from Windsor to
Paddington specifically for Sir Daniel Gooch, when everything else at the
London end (apart from through trains to Devon and Cornwall) was standard
gauge?

Peter

On Aug 29, 11:29 pm, rhdoxon <rhdo...@m> wrote:


> Is it about time that the "New Measurement Train" was transferred back
> into revenue earning duties?


Whatever for ?

So that you can whinge about more line closures and more possessions
for engineering works or slower moving instrument trains in section or
manually doing the job with people on the track (in turn probably
closing both tracks not just one).

Modern railways need every bit as much high-er speed test trains to
revenue earning trains. In fact, I'd go as far as to say it is near
essetnial to have engineers tests trains of similar capability to
operators trains where large fleets are concerned.

--
Nick