Hi,
Can anyone let me know abiut a poscast that discusses the Beechinf Report? So far onky foubd 20-minutr dives into topic and i'd love somethunf more in-deoth.
Alternativel, any podcasts that discuss any other national railwa privatisations wouls great too.
Thanks!
Hello /r/AskUK,
I am a Belgian university student of English. For my English proficiency course, I have chosen to give a presentation on the privatisation of British Rail. I have found a few papers on the financial and political aspect of the privatisation, as well as a few interviews about it on YouTube. I would still however like your opinion!
Are you content with the service the train operating companies provide? Has service improved? Do you feel fares have risen faster after privatisation? Would you like the railway to be nationalised again? Do you work for a TOC? What is it like? I'd love to know all about it.
Thanks in advance!
I'm all for bashing Trans Pennine 'Express' but they can't help that someone has DIED!
#An unpopular system
According to a June 2018 survey of 1,490 British adults 56% thought the privatization of British Rail (BR) was a failure, while only 16% believed it to be a success, people who actually used British Rail (BR) were much more likely to believe the latter. Does the commonly held belief that the privatization of British Rail (BR) was a failure hold up to the evidence?
#The fares
One common criticism of the privatization of British Rail (BR) is that fare prices increased considerably after privatization, according to the Global Railway Review average real fares increased by an average of 2.2% in the last 15 years before privatization, compared to only 1.3% in 1996 to 2011.
#Safety
Another common criticism of the privatization of British Rail (BR) is that it lowered rail transport safety, with critics pointing out accidents such as the Southall of 1997, Ladbroke Grove rail crash of 1999, Hatfield rail crash of 2000 and the Potters bay rail crash of 2002, ignoring accidents which occurred under nationalization, such as the River Towy rail crash of 1987, the Clapham Junction rail crash of 1988, the Purley Station rail crash of 1989 or the Newton (South Lanarkshire) rail accident of 1991.
As most of the public already opposed the privatization of British Rail (BR), the British rail system's safety was much more heavily scrutinized, paving the way for the creation of numerous new safety regulations, which undoubtedly helped save many lives. According to Andrew Evans, professor of risk management at the Imperial College of London, about 150 people had probably lived who might have been expected to die had pre-privatization trends continued. According to 2013 European Railway Agency data, the United Kingdom has one of the safest railway systems in Europe, based on the railway-related fatality rate per billion passenger-kilometers.
#Traffic volume
According to figures from the Office of Rail and Road, [the number of rail passenger journeys increased by 128.4% - or from 761.2 million to 1,738.8 million - between 1995-1996 and 2019-2020](https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/usage/passenger-rail-usage/table-1
... keep reading on reddit ➡
#An unpopular system
According to a June 2018 survey of 1,490 British adults 56% thought the privatization of British Rail (BR) was a failure, while only 16% believed it to be a success, people who actually used British Rail (BR) were much more likely to believe the latter. Does the commonly held belief that the privatization of British Rail (BR) was a failure hold up to the evidence?
#The fares
One common criticism of the privatization of British Rail (BR) is that fare prices increased considerably after privatization, according to the Global Railway Review average real fares increased by an average of 2.2% in the last 15 years before privatization, compared to only 1.3% in 1996 to 2011.
#Safety
Another common criticism of the privatization of British Rail (BR) is that it lowered rail transport safety, with critics pointing out accidents such as the Southall of 1997, Ladbroke Grove rail crash of 1999, Hatfield rail crash of 2000 and the Potters bay rail crash of 2002, ignoring accidents which occurred under nationalization, such as the River Towy rail crash of 1987, the Clapham Junction rail crash of 1988, the Purley Station rail crash of 1989 or the Newton (South Lanarkshire) rail accident of 1991.
As most of the public already opposed the privatization of British Rail (BR), the British rail system's safety was much more heavily scrutinized, paving the way for the creation of numerous new safety regulations, which undoubtedly helped save many lives. According to Andrew Evans, professor of risk management at the Imperial College of London, about 150 people had probably lived who might have been expected to die had pre-privatization trends continued. According to 2013 European Railway Agency data, the United Kingdom has one of the safest railway systems in Europe, based on the railway-related fatality rate per billion passenger-kilometers.
#Traffic volume
According to figures from the Office of Rail and Road, [the number of rail passenger journeys increased by 128.4% - or from 761.2 million to 1,738.8 million - between 1995-1996 and 2019-2020](https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/usage/passenger-rail-usage/table-1
... keep reading on reddit ➡