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Topic: Conservative Party Rail Review (Read 2532 times)
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Lee
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Here is a link to an alternative viewpoint on this. http://www.rmtbristolrail.org.uk/archives/00002068.shtmlMy personal view is that (thank god) we are finally having a proper debate on these issues. What is becoming increasingly clear is that we cant carry on with the ineffective and discredited system that we have now. |
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Graham Ellis
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I find myself looking at major aspects of the current system and saying "this cannot be right" and "that distorts the operation of things to the detriment of the primary purpose". And agreeing with elements and comments from both Bob Crow (RMT) and Chris Grayling (Conservatives). I'm less comfortable in specifying a better system, or in suggesting how one might reach a better system.
The very act of changing something disrupts, looses traffic, costs money and, good heavens, we've already had more than enough of that to get to the broken system we have. But I think one more change that puts the interests of the passengers, freight, and the exchequer high up the agenda, yet also considers the operators and the staff, may well be justified.
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Lee
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Here is an article in which Chris Grayling expands upon his party's rail review (link below.) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2006/07/23/ccrail23.xml&menuId=242&sSheet=/money/2006/07/23/ixcity.htmlHere is an interesting quote. The route that Chris Grayling is referring to is from Southampton through to Basingstoke & Reading. "He says he was recently asked about a £30m upgrade needed to the freight facilities available on the line from the port of Southampton. Freight operators have been told that no budget is available to make the improvements." "It just seems crazy to me," Grayling says. "It is a very good example of why I'm so dissatisfied with what is happening at the moment. We are spending £5.5bn in the current financial year subsidising the railways; are we actually saying we cannot find £30m to invest in what is a strategically important project?" Here is a link that mentions the other routes out of Southampton. http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=275.msg736#msg736 |
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