@swtrains_watch@Heidi_Labour@SW_Help 2/2 ...circa 2011 for a myriad of reasons. Nonetheless both SWT and SWR bought a lot to the table and managed to run a heavy commuter railway with a lot of competing interests very effectively indeed. Nationalisation is not required at all. Bring back rail privatisation.
@swtrains_watch@Heidi_Labour@SW_Help 1/2 A franchise that did not need subsidies of any kind thanks to almighty profits from such commuter lines, profits that paid for new trains and improved services. A few years back I watched Sir Mark Hopwood being interviewed regarding SWR. Apparently SWT started to decline....
@stuart_rock@SW_Help@swtrains_watch Under the now demised system of privatisation, such persistent failure would see a franchise being removed from the TOC. This is no longer the case under nationalisation. HMG has brought a terrible way of running a railway. @Heidi_Labour@andyburnham
@swtrains_watch@mrdanwalker@SW_Help@Heidi_Labour Sadly things are unlikely to change given the dire attitude of the present government despite it's many pronouncements indicating to be on the side of the passenger. Bring back private rail ownership. @andyburnham
@SW_Help@swtrains_watch 2/2 .. cooler coaches. No short platform announcements by guard at Virginia Water & Isleworth at all. Such things really need sorting out please.
@SW_Help@swtrains_watch 1/2 17.40 Weybridge - Waterloo via Hounslow 8 coach class 450 train Air con in coaches 4 & 8 boiling and in coaches 2 & 5 teetering on boiling. Gangway between front & rear coaches locked hence passengers cannot move between front & rear coaches to find..
@swtrains_watch@SW_Help@Heidi_Labour I think we can all agree that such a "refreshed" timetable , in all probability, will do nothing at all to ease overcrowding and congestion.
@transportgovuk@Heidi_Labour@swtrains_watch Funny how many of the most overcrowded trains on the railway network are operated by those companies that have been nationalised by the Government. Bring back rail privatisation. Only rail firms have the capital to get new trains in.
@SW_Help@swtrains_watch 18.37 Waterloo - Twickenham service. No automated announcements nor any announcements made by the Guard. Some passengers got very confused as to what route the train was taking to Twickenham. Can someone get a grip please?