Three Rail Firms To Be Renationalised Next Year

[naomi24]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ceqlnrgjr79o

 

For better - or worse?  

[davebro3]

I'll let you guess...

[Canary42]

For better in my experience. British Railways in the Fifties and Sixties in a time when I was using them daily gave me far fewer problems than currently when using the privatised railway much less.   I've used them 5 or 6 times recently and only one occasion was not plagued with problems.

Even in the harsh winter of 62/3 British Railways ran a decent service with late running and cancellations being a rarity - no 'wrong kind of snow" or "leaves on the line" feeble escuses. Nowadays they're almost a cert.  

[gulliver1]

Well done Labour. Now you are really getting down to Saving the UK from 14 years of pilfering and lining the Cons with taxpayers money .Next job Renationalise The electric, water and railway Companies.   Just go for it .Make Britain great again with a Labour Govt in power .That's the way to do it.

[netherfield]

Dozens more managerial posts created at inflated wages.

Then it will be the buses nationalised, bus drivers will then want equal pay with train drivers.

[netherfield]

Dozens more managerial posts created at inflated wages.

Then it will be the buses nationalised, bus drivers will then want equal pay with train drivers.

And they still won't run to time.

[Cloverjo]

I think it's a good idea, in principle. However, I think this government has messed up so badly (with other things) that I wonder if they can sort out the railways. Anyway, It can't be any worse than the shambles that is Great Western Railway, which I use regularly. 
I voted Labour, btw. Another eye roll 🙄 

[gulliver1]

"For better or worse "     What a stupid question.                                       🤣For better of course.🤣

[Khandro]

Communism, despite its manifestly obvious failures, just won't go away. More student politics from Labour.

[davebro3]

and then water ?

*** - nationalise everything!

[theshedman]

Heidi Alexander the transport minister has said on the news today that prices will go up.  No suprise there then from this government.

[gulliver1]

And the Banks ...stop these fat cat Tories owning all these companies that should belong to the Public.

[mushroom25]

the rail user won't notice the difference. already 6 "franchises" are under direct government control, and the others are operated on a management contract basis (government tell them what service to operate, pay them a fixed fee and keep all the fare revenue), meaning they already just do what the government tells them. 

if the "franchise" has incompetent management, they'll just TUPE to government control - which is what happened with Northern Trains, who are as bad or worse now, than when Arriva were in charge.

anyone who thinks this will be BR v2.0 will be disappointed. Freight companies won't be unprivatised (they are entirely self supporting commercial operations) and must be accommodated - although 60T or 80T electric trucks will likely see them off soon anyway - and the "Open Access" operators won't be bought out, and nor can they be banned from the network (notif Labour has aspirations to rejoin the EU.....)

 

[Old_Geezer]

Probably needs doing, but a smaller priority than some other past privatisations.

[youngmafbog]

Absolutely pointless.  Will just cost the tax payer and the user more.

If they have money to nationalise then spend it on water.

[Khandro]

And, this clown Starmer, will give away the Elgin marbles if he isn't stopped;

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8y97x8xm0o

 

[youngmafbog]

//And the Banks ...stop these fat cat Tories owning all these companies that should belong to the Public.//

Troll, must be no one could be that thick.

Anyone with a Pension probably owns a bit of them, Banks dont hold shares, their clients do and they just look after them you numbskull.

[gulliver1]

Of course it was Thatcher who Privatised the nationalised industries. So that her and her fat cat Tory husband and his cronies would benefit from it .

[ToraToraTora]

I have been an advocate of re nationalising the railways so I'll give them a chance. However this is a half arissed attempt, I say nationalise the whole lot and run it properly NOT like British rail of course. Anyway I'll wait and see how it works out.

[nicebloke1]

We need to turn back the clock. Never any problem with Thomas the Tank, or the post, until postman Pat gave up.