วีดีโอ

Don't waste your time with this one. Look for Ben Elton's recent documentary on the problems, " The Great Railway Disaster", (Channel 4), June 2023.

British Rail was absolutely terrible.

Another Concorde white elephant. Politicians have been ruining this country ever since.

trains are expensive always late never on time what they don't tell you the staff tend to be mislabel they treat you like yore customer and we are staff no in between trains are filthy all the time

The only solution for the UK’s railways is to change all of the relevant laws to bring in an external body from a country like Japan, China or Taiwan and give them direct and complete control and not allow anyone else to interfere, including Network Rail and the U.K. trade unions, all of whom have been deliberately holding back progress on the railways for very selfish reasons for far too long given the failure of HS2 - standards would improve, fares would come down, there would be far less rail strikes nor disruptions, rail projects would be completed in half the time and for half the costs that they do now, while maintaining and repairing existing lines would be far easier, as would re-opening previously closed lines

I mean one could argue that the "state of British Rail" was helped by the people in charge of it as an excuse to get the public on their side when they sell it off Sounds kind of familiar **coughcoughNHScoughcough**

Bristol's traffic situations were always bad and now they are worse 😒 😤 😑 🙄 🙃 😫

Wow, this video really sheds light on the challenges facing Britain's rail system after privatisation. It's alarming to hear about consistently late trains, overcrowding, and high costs for passengers. The fact that demand for rail travel is at its highest level since World War I is staggering. Overall, this video highlights the urgent need for better communication and accountability in the railway industry. It's definitely worth watching to understand the complexities of Britain's rail system: Check it out here: th-cam.com/video/kstBqyFej-4/w-d-xo.html

Didn't Margarets public school elocution lessons work a treat. Why are people least in touch with people, charged with representation of the people? It is a vile land we live in.

The only time you see white people in London is when you see people with jobs 😂

UK should hire train managers from India, best in the world to use every inch of a train, including the famous D class on the rooftops...

The rail is amazing. I won't hear a bad thing.said.

Beaching. There's your answer.

I love trains, but ever since the advent of the annoying and intrusive mobile phone (for zombies), I avoid long distance trains. The day that long distance trains ban these zombie devices, is the day I will return to long distance trains. Why people can't sit quietly and look out the window is a mystery to me! And you're supposed to get off feeling awesome? And oh yes, ban all football supporters from trains and free up capacity.

A couple of toffs driving german cars, yep, they're going to figure it all out? What's wrong with that picture? The answer lies in double decker trains, and longer trains and tsoppingmigration. Foreign buyouts of Britain also have to bet stopped. It is no triumph for Brits when Germany is allowed to be buying Britain, and in fact it is a disgrace. Victorian trains worked very well with a population of 8 Million in the greater London area, but since the globalists have flooded the UK with unwanted 'migrants' and given them jobs running things, it has been a disaster. If they weren't allowed undermine British Society, we'd have plenty of seats on punctual trains. The key word is 'overcrowded', but by whom? People who just shouldn't be here?

Peter Gore Seer, The Goverment, Are Running Puplic Transport Down, We Pay Weather Trains Run Or Stand Empty, December Goverment Have Order Another Stand Still, Unions Have Been Order To Create Another Strike, Holidays My Be Going Slow, Remember That The Misery The And Arab troubles Are Cause By The Same Leaders, Who Control Britain Transport Systems.

Easy solution Bring Back BR renationalising will save fares of more then billion pounds a year!

Does anyone remember the serple report like beaching the 2nd

Tory cancel the North. The North should cancel the Tory party, from the next general election.

I dont know what is wrong with that guy and the 7.29 train but you wouldn't go see a therapist over a train........ you'd just catch an ealier one if its that bad........

I commuted in to the centre of London on a South Eastern line in 1968 and 1969. I remember the trains being quite crowded, but usually they were on time. I also remember travelling on steam trains from Kings Cross to the Midlands in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Again I recall the trains being quite punctual. The only problems I remember occurred in inclement weather conditions. Trains were hours late in the winter of 1962 - 1963. I also recall standing on Oxenholme station, I think in January 1972,when there had been some heavy winds. The night trains were still coming through at close to midday. Eventually I arrived in Birmingham many hours late.

Send those who have any participation in the running of the rail system in England to Rwanda. Bring some Rwandans to Britain, to see if they can do better. I wonder what the result would be.

Dear Nick and Margaret the infrastructure on the railways is not Victorian,this was replaced by British Rail. In future do your research before you present programmes like this.

Well said my lovlies

The operators don't care because as long as they're generating money, they're happy.

No way it fail. Railway over price ticket

What they dont tell you is that when you buy in advance for off-peak travel, the UK prices are amongst the cheapest in Western Europe. Its mostly the commuters who get stung. A lot of people can now work from home or adjust their hours; if its possible for your job to be flexible or work from home but your employer doesnt offer it, change employer. As for the Unions, they are half the problem. Many rail staff still have their old government terms and conditions yet that's not enough for the Unions, they want more and more. I have started taking the bus from Somerset to London due to strikes, the Unions are running out of feet to shoot themselves in.

Nothing like as bad as when it was nationalised; during the 1970s it was the worst railway system in Europe.

Sorry it’s not the governments fault it’s your fault you voted for these people don’t ever forget it and I will be there to fucking tell you I should’ve been there

The income then went, and still goes - to foreign owners who make huge amounts of money.

At a tiny local station there were 4 lines running through. Platforms at the outside 2 lines and through traffic on the inside 2 lines for express and goods.

No problems with the train since I stopped using them.

British Rail worked fine until the 1970s and due to political ideology, the 70s energy crisis, late payments of the war loan to the US, it and most nationalised infrastructure was successively eroded, underfunded and mismanaged by those at the top while they tried to blame the workers. Its the standard technique of privatisation. Make it not work, get the public against it, sell it off with the obligatory back-handers and "donations" to politicians. Technology doesn't stop because things are in government hands. Quite the opposite in fact.

Awful people telling us they’re “of the people”. Ridiculous. And of course private companies like Virgin are shown in a good light, while the government is lambasted.

Stick your trains

They should do a documentary on GWR trains in Cornwall, they have got to be one of if not the WORST train company in the U.K, and I used to commute trains in London and the South-East, GWR In Cornwall to London and vice versa are awful....in every way

Try state owned system of communism and you will see

The trouble is that eight years on, things are no better. If anything they're worse than they were in 2015. This documentary has aged incredibly well. Well made too.

i worked in train maintenance for over 22 years and if you really knew what went on you'd never hand another penny over to these crooks

One thing I appreciated about this at the time was how Nick and Margret and all the people involved in this documentary broke it all down into fairly simple terms,

Fun fact simple mathematics a pie split multiple way’s gives you less than a pie split two way’s fact but (1) you have to cut out corruption by way’s of nepotism and employ people who are qualified (the same as all bureaucrats they employ family and friends who make trigger look like a rocket scientist) (2) expand the network putting more road traffic freight and passengers off the road network (3) cancel hs2 we had a third mainline it’s not viable there are choke points and running three line’s on to one just cause’s more congestion ergo expansion creating alternatives (4) time to revolutionize what would be hs2 make a maglev that splits into two lines central England one going east one going west this would encourage more people onto intercity giving capacity to local and freight on existing track it would have limited effect on that usage because it’s maglev you have to build new (5) owners of the existing railway companies held accountable (they will sell there share’s when they get the bill for failure to live up-to there contracts with there customer’s) late or canceling fine everyone and shareholders take profits they should repay debts

Trains in England are an absolute garbage ! Absolute garbage ! The epitomy of English incompetence

Let’s call it out. It’s a very simple no brainer. Privatisation can only work properly if there is true competition and real alternatives for customers. Normally companies that don’t offer a good service get punished by customers deserting them and then they go out of business. It’s all about accountability. These train companies do not have true incentives to provide a good service and their profits are not attached to good customer experiences. Therefore , train companies are artificially protected from the harsh market forces that would normally create a good service. Basically , the business model is fundamentally flawed at a deep level. It’s faux competition and privatisation by name only because market forces do not hold providers accountable. It could never work and never will work. You simply cannot divorce the railways from taxpayer input and Government oversight , so you might as well nationalise it. In reality British Rail was more accountable and a much simpler model. It’s a Tory scam and we the British people fell for it.

I’ve watch a lot of Japan TH-camrs on their trains. The Japanese train driver would never talk to some one while he driving. Every time their a signal the person points to it, to tell that he’s notice it. They privatise their railway and didn’t have the problem uk has. What I know of Japan the railway staff wouldn’t go striking like uk.

It's like hearing and seeing the same proces we went through in the Netherlands. The government overhere has privitised about every public service you can imagine. Healthcare, Public Transport, Energy....you name it! And as it goes over in the UK, it doesn't work. It is a disaster.

VOTE TORY!!🤣😹. The money is going to the stockholders. Now you can have a rail system like India. There will be plenty of room bc now you can ride on the roof. Tories are third-worlding Britain.

the moral of electrification Is do it as soon as you got the offer... In Denmark we got the IC4 from ansaldobreda and It too cannot cope with leafs

WHY do these Commuters do it in that awfull City ? Get a job nr home, or move nr your job . !!!!!!

The ORR that highlighted that ballooning debt was scrapped. Funny that...🤔

As a current railwayman of 37 years service, i can tell you it was better managed when BR ran it, privatisation has been a failure.