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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 21 October 2024

Debate

Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill

Contribution

There is another issue to do with trains. I am told that South Western Railway, which operates out of Waterloo, ordered 90 new trains on the permission of the Government. They are nicely air-conditioned and everything and still sitting in the sidings four years later. That is because, apparently, there is still a dispute between the guards and the drivers as to who should shut the doors at the stations. There was also a problem with windscreen wipers. Does it really take four years to deal with these things, given the will? At the moment, I imagine some of the passengers get a bit hot in the summer; it is the craziest solution.

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