BRITISH rail passengers are subsidising Germans

• Guest 745

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  25 June 2013     18:27234876
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  BRITISH rail passengers are subsidising German trains by paying the highest fares in Europe, a powerful union claimed yesterday.
  
  http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/410039/The-great-train-robbery-How-we-subsidise-foreign-rail-fares
• howard mcsweeney1

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  25 June 2013     18:39234879
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  the answer would be public ownership of our rail system keith but i understand your party would be against it.
• Guest 649

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  25 June 2013     18:42234881
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  I must say along with Gas elec/ trains should go back into public ownership it also would help on the job front.
• Guest 745

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  25 June 2013     18:44234883
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  I agree Vic
• Keith Sansum1

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  25 June 2013     19:00234887
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  Oh gawd blimey
  socialist principles
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• Keith Sansum1

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  25 June 2013     19:10234890
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  my ex union for 25 years
  know our bob we were on same negotiating committee
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• Brian Dixon

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  25 June 2013     19:44234892
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  and not forgetting the French,belguim and other intressted partys that run the british rail system.
• Brian Dixon

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  25 June 2013     19:45234893
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  oh I forgot to say we are the most expencive in Europe.
• howard mcsweeney1

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  26 June 2013     12:24234981
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  slightly off topic but related to the cost of public transport.
  
  
  
  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/olympic-games-bonuses-revealed-for-london-transport-bosses-8674264.html
• Guest 664

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  26 June 2013     18:18235032
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  "Nearly one in four operators are owned wholly or in part by Deutsche Bahn, the German state railway.
  
  SNCF, the French state railway, part-owns six operators. three are wholly or part-owned by Dutch state railway Nederlandse Spoorwegen."
  
  The intro implies that only German companies are subsidised when it is clear that three countries are involved.
  
  Daily Express. Hmmm
• Paul Watkins

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  26 June 2013     19:51235044
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  So we have Keith B and Vic re-nationalising.
  
  Does Nigel F. know that's the UKIP policy.
  
  Watty
• Guest 745

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  26 June 2013     20:01235049
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  These uk taxpayers' utility assets shouldn't have been sold of Cheap in the first place the rich got very rich on that one
  
  Now the conservatives will be giving the rich farmers another EU green nonsense bung