EDM 62

SOUTH WEST TRAINS
06.11.2007

Hancock, Mike
9 signatures

Caton, Martin

Corbyn, Jeremy

Cryer, Ann

Dean, Janet

Flynn, Paul

Gidley, Sandra

Stringer, Graham

Vis, Rudi

That this House believes that the decision by South West Trains to replace the Wessex Electric trains with 450s on the Portsmouth mainline route to Waterloo was a cynical move to increase profits at the expense of customer comfort; notes that Stagecoach has made little effort to remedy the situation and to accept that 450s are unacceptable on long journeys; believes that their attitude to passenger comfort, their aggressive policy on penalty fares and the increases in off-peak fares further show that there must be a long-term solution to the problems on Britain's railways that puts passengers first and not the profits of franchisees; and urges the Government to take action to bring the whole of the rail network back into public ownership.