Plaid Cymru has always maintained that our railways should be brought into public hands and the government put passengers before profit. So don’t get me wrong, this long overdue - finally bringing the ideologically driven idiocy that has reduced our railways to a poor dividend profit driven service is a good thing.
Considering where we are this is a sensible measured first step.That said, as yet, there are unanswered questions, the devil is as always in the detail, I would prefer a not for dividend profit model rather than a government controlled railway service. It is important that our railways in the future are independent of day to day, week to week, month to month interference from the current Labour in Wales government in Cardiff, and future Senedd governments.
Questions need to be answered in relation to the financial implications and also in relation to the nature of the subsidiary. There is obviously a balance to be established, as it is very important that our railways are democratically accountable and are democratically responsive to the needs of our nation, and as yet there are no real details. Decisions of this importance should be announced in the Senedd so that members can ask questions on behalf of the people of Wales and openly scrutinise decisions.
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