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Topic: Calls For More Funding For West Country Trains (Read 2639 times)
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Lee
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Campaign groups have called for more pressure to be put on the government to release funding for improvements to railway services in the west country (link below.) http://www.rmtbristol.org.uk/2007/01/calls_for_more_funding_for_tra.html#more"Unless the MPs hit the phones this weekend, then my guess is there's going to more cuts to come" - Chris Irwin Andrew Griffiths : "What we have committed to do as part of the franchise obligation is to provide the same number of seats in the evening and the morning peaks by using the high speed trains more effectively." Labour MP for Reading West Martin Salter : "I think First Great Western should be given a very short timescale to put this situation right in order to solve problems that are entirely of their own making." "If they don't, I think the franchise should be awarded to someone else." The government told BBC News they want the railway network to grow to keep up with demand. |
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bubblecat
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Although the train companies are private - is there any argument against the government giving subsidies to the parts of the network which do not "make" money according to FGW?
There could be an agreement between some profits going to the less viable options if met with similar money from the government - if this is not agreed then the contract could be taken away from the current holder.
It seems to me that although the government allowed privatisation they still have an obligation to step in when these companies will not provide a service that is needed to get people to work and home again (I mean, that is where the overcrowding happens, the commutor rush). The government still holds the power to remove companies - they are therefore still very much involved and rightly so in my opinion.
You can not run an effective country and it's economy, unless it can move about. If the government is serious about the green option and their workforce being able to commute then they need this involvement with transport.
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