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Peter Black and South Wales West Liberal DemocratsRepresenting Aberavon, Bridgend, Gower, Neath, Ogmore, Port Talbot, and Swansea |
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Rail network shutdown sends out wrong signals says Gower candidate.
December 21, 2006 7:01 PM
Welsh Liberal Democrat Assembly candidate for Gower, Councillor Nick Tregoning considers that the planned 60 hour shutdown of the UK rail network sends out the wrong signal over carbon emissions and the environment.
Councillor Tregoning was speaking in the light of Liberal Democrat research which reveals that services run on Christmas Day in every other country in Europe apart from the UK and the Republic of Ireland - with 14 of the 17 countries surveyed running near to normal services. Historical figures reveal that up until the mid-1960s, when cuts began to be made, train services did run on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
"Shutting down our rail network will mean than we are either shunting passengers off trains and into cars, trapping people away from home for several days or preventing people taking trips to visit family and friends in the first place," said Cllr. Tregoning. "It is in direct opposition to the Government's stated aims of reducing carbon emissions, promoting social mobility, and reducing drink driving. In the age of steam trains in the 1950s, when passenger numbers were comparable with today, services did run at Christmas. In that aspect alone, a return to the steam age would be welcome!"
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