British Rail Documentary - First Sight Part 2 of 3.

An episode of First Sight which was shown in the early 1990s.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• British
• Railways
• BR
• Intercity
• Network
• SouthEast

[CJamesPalmer]

"It will be at least mid to late 90s until Crossrail becomes a reality" !!! - Only 20 years late then :-)

[newblenderbeer]

@Femmenition Fares have skyrocketed and trains are rarely ever on time. Nothing is done about overcrowding, responsibility is shifted and public subsidies have tripled. Not to mention, there are now no british rolling stock manufacturers left. The railways have been completely wrecked by the same crooks who previously raped the bus network. All to line the pockets of the shareholders.

[SteamboatWilley]

@0822340 My advice to the netherlands would be to keep the passenger railways in public ownership. Privatisation has brought a lot of investment in the British railways, but the fragmented system created by privatisation has resulted in hugely increased costs and a lack of accountability. Because the track and trains are run by separate organisations, there is a lot of passing the blame around when things go wrong, and there is no central decision making when it comes to planning for the future.

[dm18876]

@untensil Privatisation has worked that well, that even the Daily Mail support renationalisation. Proof that the critique of a privatised railway network, transcends the left-right divide.

[0822340]

The railways change a lot in 20 years. We in the netherlands have still trains from the 70 and 80th's. Rail 21 didn't come in the netherlands and on the main line is NS the only player. The coverment looks to England how the main line can Privatist

[soundseeker63]

@untensil No it's not. Punctuality is still the worst in Europe, and fares rise even higher and faster then they did before. The only thing thats better is there are newer trains on some lines, but many of these actually offer a lower seating capacity than the units they replace.

All at a cost that is nearly 4 times what it took to subsidise BR. If they had been given the kind of money the system currently receives it would have been 10 times better!

[briantheslug]

british railways are total utter shit, the whole of europe seem to be able to run a railway, with out being screwed for every penny, but not britian

[Trek001]

@doodlecheesebug2 perhaps he meant Mid 2090's

[hghchris4]

1) Mid 90's for Crossrail - hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­hahahahaha

2) Can we reinstate the healthy and saftey for slamdoor stock, unlock the doors as the train pulls in !!

[CJ19Productions]

@Currie01 This used to happen as the doors weren't locked and it saves that little bit of time.

[mrsoouter]

if BR was to employ dutch employes which know how 2 run a railway successfully mabie then we wouldnt have such a crappy railway,.....

[Currie01]

Is it me? Am I going crazy or are those people getting off a still moving train?!?!