(11 Apr 2013, 4:40 pm)cbma06 wrote(10 Apr 2013, 6:47 pm)Andreos1 wrote Has anyone seen or read this article which appears in the latest Passenger Transport?
www.passengertransport.co.uk/2013/04/eagle-vows-to-take-on-operators/
Without being too political, it seems Labour are keen on bringing back public transport into a Government backed Co-operative values type scheme, rather than the private enterprises and PLC's running train and bus services as they do now.
I think there are only after peoples votes for the next election, there do it all the time, its always the opposing side saying if we get in we will do blah blah blah etc..., and when there do get in then its a different story, all politics and promises that never gets fullfilled.
Dont forget that when the government built the motorways and no one was using it then there decided to take freight off the railways and onto roads as there said it will be quicker to transport the goods where the railways dont go to and when the railways was losing money from this there decided to hit the public passenger by taking the trains off and tear up the rails, and now the councils wants these rail services back in the counties but it will cost and arm and a leg to pay for these which at the end of the day is not viable as it will take about 50 years for it to start paying into profit. Even though there must of forseen the population boom as there were handing out more cash to households who has more than 1 child for an incentive. Joining the EU was another barrier lifted from the gates of this country to welcome non british nationals. Dont forget for this country to join the EU, there was at least a couple of conditions that had to be made which was to give the fishing grounds to them across the water and also to give up the ship building so them across the water can build ships and not us.
Those pesky tories eh?
Look at the mess they have left us in, time and time again.
Mind, at least they have an excellent transport infrastucture, extensive motorways and a brilliant rail network down south where it benefits them...