I've just text the lead officer asking him if I could borrow some of his celebs for my next branch meeting.
I went from Albufeira to Lisbon last year €43 return on the high speed train, first class going standard coming back I honestly could tell the difference both were excellent for comfort and leg room, great service.Of course they should be supported. Its not just about pay its about conditions and the state of the railways. We are running a pre-WW2 service at massive cost. Just go on YT and looks at VLOGs from train travellers and compare here with.........well anywhere. Europe has fast quiet modern sleek trains at affordable prices (partly because Brits are subsidising them because they could identify the privatisation dodge) but I just watched one seasoned traveller who went Standard Class ( felt like first class she said ) non stop from Madrid to Malaga on a High Speed Train - 18 Euro's.