We ask the people of Newport whether they think Labour’s plan to renationalise the railways would make sense, or if they think it wouldn’t make any difference.
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00:00At this moment in time, the state of British transport in general across the UK and in
00:07Wales is pretty poor. And people say use public transport. Yeah, we'd love to if it worked
00:15on time, if it came on time.
00:17My own view is renationalisation in itself won't change anything. What we need is professional
00:26management of the rail industry in Britain in all its aspects. Operating trains, looking
00:33after the infrastructure.
00:35Since privatisation, the cost of everything in terms of like the railway services skyrocketed
00:41and it cost me like nearly £100 just to get across to London. I don't think that's right.
00:46So yes, I'm absolutely in favour of it being renationalised.
00:50Well, when I remember, because I'm old enough to remember the old railways, I don't think
00:56it'll be any better whatsoever. I think it'll be just as bad.