Rail - Shaw report opens the door to total privatisation - Lilian Greenwood

labourpress:

Lilian Greenwood MP, Labour’s Shadow Transport Secretary, responding to Nicola Shaw’s initial report on the future of Network Rail, said:

“This report opens the door to the total privatisation of Britain’s railways. Network Rail needs to improve but more fragmentation and more privatisation are the last things we need.

“The last time the Tories sold off our rail infrastructure it was a disaster that put passengers in danger. There can be no going back to the dark days of Railtrack.

“We need a plan to improve the railways based around more integration and taking the franchises into public ownership, but these proposals would instead risk a repeat all the worst mistakes of the recent past. Labour will oppose them every step of the way and Ministers should urgently rule out the privatisation of Network Rail.”

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