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\CH OPERATORS have ed British Rail as never )re. The railways' reply with oadsword on fares has been forced by Doddian ivasion with a ticklestick. rind you, not everyone is up an-can dancing at Victoria :ion between Sam and 10am. ilarly, there are spoilsports ) would be reluctant to have r socks washed in public at ton Station even to celebrate first day of the issue of free tickets under a new BR-Lever Bros joint promotion.
But who could not succumb to the charm of railway staff who have attended a course to teach good manners and diplomacy in dealing with the public? Staff are being encouraged to seek out passengers with problems .rather than wait to be approached.
The second-class passenger from King's Cross to Potters Bar, who, protesting but dazed, was courteously shepherded into a first-class compartment on the Aberdeen express could not fail to be grateful even if he arrived home two days late, exhausted and flat broke.
Chivalry is the name of the game also on the Orient Express, the centenary of which has been celebrated by two rival trains. One offered the glamour of a return trip from London to Istanbul for £1,350 and the other the delights of vintage wagon-I its to Venice for £495 single. After which, I must agree, the coach does seem just a weeny bit common.