Rail delays soar under Labour - Dakers
March 1, 2005 12:35 PM
Andrew Dakers, Lib Dem prospective MP for Brentford & Isleworth, outside Brentford station where delays are often experienced by South West Trains long suffering passengers
Delays on South West Trains services are nearly three times as common since Labour came to power, new analysis by the Liberal Democrats shows.
Brentford and Isleworth prospective MP Andrew Dakers says:
"These figures will come as no surprise to long-suffering local rail passengers.
"Conservative privatisation left the railways in a mess, but Labour hasn't solved the problems. In fact they've got worse.
"When Labour came to power in 1997, 10% of South West Trains services arrived late. Now it is an astonishing 27.7% - more than a quarter of all services!
"Across Britain, rail passengers have lost more than 10,000 years of their lives on delayed trains since Labour came to office. Delays to passengers alone have cost the nation's economy dear, with a figure of around £1 billion over the seven years.
Every major network in the country has declined under Labour.
"Liberal Democrats would get the railways working again. We will streamline the system, with fewer, larger franchises given longer contracts in return for more investment and better services."
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