BR BLUES Stn,—People who write to our Paris Office in
French get a reply and literature in that language (we dis- tribute about 210.000 cross-Channel service leaflets a year in French): those who write in English are answered in English.
That is the rule and if someone made a mistake over Mr. McBride's unnamed French friend then I would be grateful if Mr. McBride would pass on our apologies. Or Mr. McBride might like to tell us who to write to ourselves, so that we can investigate his complaint fully.
Incidentally, the 'unfortunate alien,' to use Mr. McBride's phrase, is usually surprised by the value- for-money in restaurant cars on this side of the Channel, whose prices are very much lower than on continental trains. He is also far more likely to he able to get a meal here, since we run well over twice as many refreshment vehicles as do the whole of the rest of Western Europe's railways put together. Furthermore, if the 'alien' belongs to the' vast majority of visitors who travel second class he will find that the standard of accommodation on the new electrified boat train services from Dover is very much superior to anything on the other side of the Channel.
Is Mr. McBride indulging in our national pastime of comparing the worst at home with the best over- seas?
P. J. HARDING
Deputy Public Relations Officer Southern Region, British Railways
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