Leeds reflects on nationalising the railways
The new government has pledged to renationalise the railways - do you think this is a positive move? How would you rate the current state of services and prices, and do you believe this change will lead to improvements?
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00:00I honestly think that since they went private, they got worse.
00:04You get crowded trains, you get trains not turning up,
00:07you get, I don't know, leaves on the line and things.
00:10I think we'd be better off if they re-nationalised them,
00:13but they can't do any worse.
00:15I think more than just the trains should be nationalised,
00:19to be honest with you.
00:20I think all infrastructure should be nationalised at the minute,
00:24you know, especially trains,
00:26because it is an absolute mess at the minute.
00:29But I also think, you know, gas, electric, water, telecoms,
00:33all should be nationalised at the minute,
00:35because it's more about making money
00:37than it is helping people for me,
00:39and I work within one of those areas as well.
00:41Generally speaking, the trains are really good.
00:43The only thing I've noticed is sometimes they can be late quite a lot,
00:47and I know it's not always their fault,
00:49but it would be good to see some improvements on punctuality,
00:53especially because I've ended up missing some connections a few times,
00:56and that's been a bit hard to get a new train.