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Can we just give a shout-out to someone who probably should be transport secretary! YOU STAND FOR EVERYTHING I DO! :D WE NEED NATIONALISED TRAINS AND EXTRA RURAL BUSES AND TO TAKE CARE OF SHIPS!

The HST's Are Not Be Withdrawn By The Announcement From The Government Because I've Sort That Out With A Letter To Them Keep The HST's In Scotland Until Full InterCity Routes In Electrified In 2035 And I Don't Care About Their Crashworthiness I'm Also Getting Revenge On The 3-Car Sets I Live In Clydebank Which Is My Area Also More HST Coaches On InterCity Routes To Make Up 8 And 9 Coaches Upgrade The Units With New Speed MPH And 170 I Will Someday Get My Revenge On The Government In England The Tories RMT ASLEF And Their Strike Dates To Vanishing The Train Staff Back To Work And Get Everything Sorted Completely To Save The Day So That No More Train Staff Issues Won't Be Impacted Anymore

How is class 166 better than class 165? They are basically the same.

In this video, you mentioned the seats on the class 700s not being to bad, which is clear evidence why to rank the passenger comfort on the ranking video a 3 and not 1.

A great example of newer trains being more uncomfortable is on the electrostars. Older electrostars such as class 377s have some of the most comfortable seats on any British train, but newer variants such as the 387 have the ironing board design, which is probably the most uncomfortable train seat in the UK. This came even before the 700 which named them the ironing board seat.

I think we should just copy the German transport system, with the exception of high-speed trains. Everything works extremely well between regional and local trains,s bahns, u bahns, trams, buses. Its all super efficient (with the exception of the high speed trains!!!) and tickets cost half as much as public transport in the UK. Transport is divided into regions and often cities, who take responsibilty for the network in their region. We could do that in the UK, each county with it's hub at the biggest city. Would cost a lot of taxpayer money, but as it does it Germany the economic benefits very quickly outweigh the cost.

I definitely would rank the class 700 higher. Their ride quality is actually quite good, which I would personally score a 7 or 8 out of 10. In my opinion, longitudinal seating (like that on class 378 or 710) would score a 1 out of 10, but the 700 would score a 3 out of 10 like the 707. The abundance toilets and first class being an upgrade from standard also helps improve passenger comfort. I do however agree with purpose being a 5 out of 10. Overall, the class 700 would be placed near the start of the middle video, although I do not like their sounds. A train which does have a bad ride quality and should be ranked near this spot would be the 387.

all peps are the best butmy fravrit class pep i 507/8

U called it. Labour won by landslide.

So if you were a middle aged woman using a bicycle to get to work etc, because you can't afford to buy a new car, who would you vote for?

Thank you for your insights 👍 There is bus infrastructure investment going on near me, which I thought would be great, but by widening the junction and speeding up traffic they've made it more difficult and dangerous for anyone walking to it, and nothing to help anyone on a bicycle either. So the planners are either thick, or it was really only intended to make the road faster. It seems we need more local campaign groups more than ever.

If we're putting back old track in Somerset, might as well run the line from Glastonbury to Wells and follow the old strawberry line route to Yatton. The trackbed is still there (from Cheddar) as a bike path and there's been little development that would get in the way. Cheddar and Wells are big tourist destinations and suffer terribly from traffic congestion in summer which would be relieved massively by a half hourly rail service to/from Bristol. It would also significantly improve commuter services as the bus from Wells to Bristol in particular is dreadful.

I have never thought about ferries in that way before! Even in public transport circles they're never bought up as a key part of the system. But I am now annoyed that I can't catch a ferry to Copenhagen...

A new rail line and services - for a once a year music festival? Hmmm. The towns of Glastonbury and Street themselves would not generate enough traffic to justify the investment, I suspect. The Dumfries to Stranraer suggestion was much more sensible, although I think the main usage would not be ferry traffic but freight. Between the late 1800s and 1950, the "Port Road" (Dumfries-Stranraer railway) was exceptionally busy with the freight traffic.

Vote TUSC against cuts/ Workers Party/ Left wing Indapendent/ tranform/ communist party etc we need to natiomalise the railways under democratic workers and community control. I am standing for the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition TUSC in Reading Central

Before they reopen Stranraer-Dumfries, they really need to build a railway from Dunragit to Cairnryan for a direct connection to the ferry. Rather than closing the line to Stranraer Harbour as you suggest (which would mean a longer walk from the station into the town), I would simply rebuild the station closer to Port Rodie. This option was proposed by SAYLSA (Now the South-West Scotland CRP) back in 2011. Some have suggested reopening the old Stranraer Town station, but it was no closer to the town than the harbour station.

I fully agree with your idea for a ferry from the UK to Scandinavia. steamboatwilley.blogspot.com/2016/09/how-feasible-is-ferry-to-norway.html?m=1

Labour put "change" as their slogan, and yet stop short of committing to real change in their manifesto. They're just playing at it.

Including Scottish/Welsh/N. Irish parties would be kind of a moot point because transport is a devolved matter outside of England, so the Westminster elections wouldn't have that big an effect on transport up here anyway.

I wrote to my local MP, Dominic Raab, about local bus service, and he replied saying that wasn't within his remit and to write to the local council. Pah! Definitely not voting tory after that exchange. What a useless bunch of muppets.

No train that flies a connecting door through the landscape, often even offensively painted yellow, can be called "good looking". Marks for aesthetics: 0.

"I agree with that in principle", this must be a Yes, Minister reference.

I've never understood why the right so vehemently opposes HS2. Surely they would want the best national infrastructure in the world?

Try traveling with a wheelchair and you find out very quickly how little NS cares about accessibility. They have a legal obligation to provide accesible service, but do the absolute bare minimum, and only if you agree to exist for their convenience.

Never been on one and all I’ve heard is that these trains are apparently shit

Reform are right about scrapping HS2. Massive money waste, need to start from the beginning and actually get a good high speed rail project rather than a train that goes from near london to near birmingham a bit quicker

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I wouldn't vote for any of them, frankly. I'm moving out of the country asap, tbh. * . . . . . *Ok, to be totally fair, my wife lives in Germany and we were planning this well before the election! Haha Have a great day, fella :)

Half the country cant afford to cook and half the country cant turn the heating on.... and your question is..........mophead!

My transport plan would be: 1) New X shaped high capacity UK rail network centred on Birmingham, replacing most existing intercity routes, including a station at... 2) A hugely expanded East Midlands Airport to create a more central UK hub airport and take pressure off of Heathrow and cancel Heathrow expansion. 3) New overnight sleeper trains running north within the UK and internationally to France, Spain, Switzerland and Italy 😢 4) A hugely expanded ferry network focusing on hubs in large cities where possible with Liverpool to Dublin, Hull to Hamburg, Newcastle to Oslo and Gothenburg and Edinburgh to Copenhagen and Bergen being potential routes. 5) Increase capacity on local/interregional trains by using longer trains and frees up capacity. 6) Expansion of existing tram networks and better integration between trams, buses and local trains. 7) Expand the £2 max bus fare scheme to trams and introduce a similar fare cap for local trains.

Interesting fact for your North American audience. Canadian forces, warmley welcomed by the long-suffering Dutch, liberated the Netherlands in 1945, entering Amsterdam triumphantly to be met by tulips (a tradition continue by the Dutch government's annual gift of tulips to Canada's capital Ottawa), flags, and a lot pf people celebrating.

There is a DFDS ferry to Gothenburg it is a truck ferry and have used it, would not recommend it for families, with Truck Drivers watching porn at 9.00 am in the lounge. However since Brexit you can nolonger take a private vehicle on it, because the commercial ports they use do not have the facilities for the extra checks required on non commercial traffic post Brexit. Another case of Britain voting to place trade sanctions on itself!

06:02 I would have given the class 700 a 2 on passenger comfort, because if you really hate sitting on an ironing board, theres the option of sitting in the declassified first class at the back of the train. Doesn't get any more than that, because theres obviously no guarantee of a seat.

7:26 The reason why the Class 378's have not been lengthened (or coupled together) is because 5 coaches is about as long as a train can get on the central section of the East London Line before a train will occupy 2 signal sections simultaneously, which would arguably make overcrowding far, far worse. Also the frequency is quite high too, with up to 16tph on that middle section, meaning you're getting 80 coaches per hour (which is more than suburban routes during peak hours like the Bexleyheath line at ~60)

"Delusional" is the perfect word to describe Reform 😂

The next government will surely be Labour, but I think its even more important who comes second place. If the Conservatives are the opposition, they will just spend 5-10 years waiting for Labour to cock up, and slide back into power to continue the cycle. If somehow the Lib Dems are opposition however, i feel they will actually ask meaningful questions about the EU & electoral reform. Acting as a meaningful opposition as opposed to just saying "you guys suuuuuuck" like the conservatives would

Some of the statements made by reform are just absolute twaddle. Such as ‘Where safety is critical’, &’ Stop war on Drivers’ that I found quite amusing hearing you disprove them. Not to mention the high controversy when it comes to their members as well. Great Video as always.

15:58 Be careful what you wish for! I'm one of the silently seething regarding the dash to the drains standards of political discourse in this country. Ecstatic that I don't live in the USA each time their election cycle gears up again, in that I don't have to be soaked in such impolite and unedifying abuse that their candidates revel in. However, my careful what you wish for comment is because all the parties are as you say so scared to say anything that might upset middle england voter that we're not being treated like adults. Everything potentially difficult and nasty is being saved for the days after the election. Picture the scene: Oh we're very upset to find that there's no money in the coffers so we have no option but to increase this and tax that.

Is this video just about cars being bad, I understand people have varying opinions but it seemed a little bit over the top, still enjoyed the rest of the video though

I'm as up for rail as much as possible but "car usage is too high" is something someone who only have a provisional license would say.

You missed Workers Party UK which is a big oversight.

Bringing the idea back of you working in rail policy and reform!!!

I take issue with your point that "local authority bus companies would be too small". When you look at municipals like Lothian, Reading, Cardiff and Nottingham, they are sizeable operators. Sure, particularly in metro areas or where you have an adjacent city and county authority, there may be a case for having a combined operator because there will be a high volume of cross-border traffic, but the more you do that the further you take the power away from the local community. We all know how well that can work when you have someone at Arriva HQ in Sunderland (or any of the other big groups) making decisions about provision in other distant parts of the country.

The thing that upsets us in Wales about HS2, is that it has been categorised as an England and Wales project. It goes nowhere near Wales and reduces the amount of money available to spend on railways that are actually in Wales. Cancellation of the rest of HS2 has allowed some extra funding to come through, but nowhere near as much as should have been allocated had HS2 been England only.

F*ck it, let's create our own, rail focused party. Can't trust any of the current ones to get it right

Reform's position on the War of Drivers is the same as their position on Ukraine - Complete surrender by the ones actually being attacked!

"vote conservative for right-wing policies" Hilarious.

Big fan of your ferry idea, cost £292 for a car and 2 people return to the isle of wight last week because of the festival, a 40 minute trip.

Down here in Cornwall, we're hoping for significant progress towards a Cornish assembly with similar transport powers to Wales or Scotland. Whether party A or B get into power in London makes no difference. Why is this? Because London-centric policies don't even recognise the problems that a peripheral nation/region like Cornwall has, let alone proposing improvements. Beeching and similar cuts isolated North Cornwall completely (towns affected: Bude, Launceston, Padstow, Wadebridge, Callington) from the rail network and as a result it is suffering an intractable economic decline. But more recently bus devolution (Karyans rag Kernow / Transport for Cornwall) alongside European funding for re-signalling and the St Erth Parkway has at least implemented some semblance of integration in specific cases, and the improvements in the West and Central belt are there for all to see. I can now get from my small village to all parts of the West and Central belts fairly easily - this is a major win. But it's difficult to go much further without a sustained, long term, policy of re-integration and investment. Frankly, London governments have neither the interest nor long term persistence to make a difference, and centralised meddling seems to result in more fragmentation and chaos. The evidence of 30 years shows this is the case. So it's not whether this or that party get into power that matters, but whether we can take control of transport and keep working on solutions that really matters. All parts of the UK should seriously look at their transport gaps and bid for significant devolution as a means to address them and pressure put on all parties to support it.

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