| RMT 18:54 - Jun 15 with 16743 views | CountyJim |
Good on you lads power to the people power to the Unions 
They asked the government to sit down and talk but oh no I expect Boris having another party |  | | |  |
| RMT on 20:40 - Jun 23 with 1484 views | Gwyn737 |
| RMT on 20:39 - Jun 23 by Flashberryjack |
German state railway Deutsche Bahn operates four British railways including the London overground and the Grand Central line to Sunderland. Seven UK railways are operated or partly-operated by Dutch state railway Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), including Merseyrail, Scotrail and the West Midlands Railway. Seven railways are operated fully or partly by French state railway SNCF, including Transport for Wales and the Thameslink. |
Does that mean taxpayer money is being funnelled out overseas then? |  | | |
| RMT on 06:50 - Jun 24 with 1416 views | felixstowe_jack |
| RMT on 20:40 - Jun 23 by Gwyn737 |
Does that mean taxpayer money is being funnelled out overseas then? |
Nope as all are currently loss making. Government subsidies are being used to keep people in work. | |
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| RMT on 07:17 - Jun 24 with 1402 views | Gwyn737 |
| RMT on 06:50 - Jun 24 by felixstowe_jack |
Nope as all are currently loss making. Government subsidies are being used to keep people in work. |
This is an area I wish I knew more about.
How can our railways be so expensive and yet so rubbish? | | | |
| RMT on 08:02 - Jun 24 with 1385 views | BryanSwan |
| RMT on 07:17 - Jun 24 by Gwyn737 |
This is an area I wish I knew more about.
How can our railways be so expensive and yet so rubbish? |
The problem is that it is not true that these companies made a loss, a simple internet search would provide those figures.
So once again someone is trying to spread false information.
They are expensive as their main aim is profit, almost all of their profits are paid out to shareholders rather than being reinvested. Which equals an poor but expensive service. | |
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| RMT on 09:07 - Jun 24 with 1358 views | felixstowe_jack |
Not a single rail company made a profit in the last two years despite covoid subsidies of £16 billion as well as the normal subsidies of around £6 billion a year. | |
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| RMT on 09:21 - Jun 24 with 1350 views | trampie |
| RMT on 09:07 - Jun 24 by felixstowe_jack |
Not a single rail company made a profit in the last two years despite covoid subsidies of £16 billion as well as the normal subsidies of around £6 billion a year. |
Covid, people working from home and furloughed. |  |
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| RMT on 09:25 - Jun 24 with 1347 views | 1983 |
| RMT on 16:16 - Jun 22 by pencoedjack |
To pay the likes of Mick Lynch 124k a year. |
And worth every penny
My boss 840k a year plus bonuses....Hmmm not so sure |  |
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| RMT on 09:28 - Jun 24 with 1343 views | BryanSwan |
| RMT on 09:07 - Jun 24 by felixstowe_jack |
Not a single rail company made a profit in the last two years despite covoid subsidies of £16 billion as well as the normal subsidies of around £6 billion a year. |
Do you have any evidence for this? As there are plenty of aricles that state the exact opposide.
Or is this your opinion? | |
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| RMT on 09:46 - Jun 24 with 1341 views | 1983 |
| RMT on 09:07 - Jun 24 by felixstowe_jack |
Not a single rail company made a profit in the last two years despite covoid subsidies of £16 billion as well as the normal subsidies of around £6 billion a year. |
Jesus wept!!
Wake up and smell the money the railway is a wash with it, this is not about saving money it's all about making more money ! Stop listening to the BBC and stop reading The Daily Mail. This is all a click away
Reuters 14th June 2022
First group "PROFITS" they own and part share
Great Western Railway
South Western Railway 70%
Avanti West Coast Railway 70%
Hull Trains
London Tram Link
Lumo
Trans Pennine Express
2021 £220 million (height of covid)
2022 £226 million
2023 The firm, which sees "significant" further progress in 2023
The share price the other day was the highest it's been for over 10 yrs | |
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| RMT on 19:27 - Jun 24 with 1260 views | Flashberryjack |
| RMT on 20:40 - Jun 23 by Gwyn737 |
Does that mean taxpayer money is being funnelled out overseas then? |
Profits could be used to subsidise their own rail network, that's why European rail travel is so much cheaper than ours.
I don't know this as a fact, but I 'm sure I heard or read it somewhere. |  |
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| RMT on 18:48 - Jun 25 with 1187 views | johnlangy |
I am very much enjoying watching Mick Lynch in discussion about the strike with different people this week including many Tory ministers and MP's plus journalists/broadcasters. I've just watched the one with Kay Burley (Sky News) as an example.
He's very coolly and calmly (and easily) making them all look like complete fools. | | | |
| RMT on 18:55 - Jun 25 with 1180 views | 1983 |
| RMT on 18:48 - Jun 25 by johnlangy |
I am very much enjoying watching Mick Lynch in discussion about the strike with different people this week including many Tory ministers and MP's plus journalists/broadcasters. I've just watched the one with Kay Burley (Sky News) as an example.
He's very coolly and calmly (and easily) making them all look like complete fools. |
He done her up like a kipper comedy gold and he didn't even have to try  | |
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| RMT on 00:05 - Jun 26 with 1142 views | Catullus |
| RMT on 09:07 - Jun 24 by felixstowe_jack |
Not a single rail company made a profit in the last two years despite covoid subsidies of £16 billion as well as the normal subsidies of around £6 billion a year. |
Normal subsidies of 6 billion a year to non British owners...so where do the big wages go then? Who is actually running these companies, people working for the foreign owners?
Why does the government give such big subsidies to privately owned concerns? Sort of makes "nationalisation won't work" seem like a silly argument to me because privatisation is clearly not working to the tune of that annual 6 billion. | |
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| RMT on 00:42 - Jun 26 with 1137 views | Kilkennyjack |
| RMT on 09:46 - Jun 24 by 1983 |
Jesus wept!!
Wake up and smell the money the railway is a wash with it, this is not about saving money it's all about making more money ! Stop listening to the BBC and stop reading The Daily Mail. This is all a click away
Reuters 14th June 2022
First group "PROFITS" they own and part share
Great Western Railway
South Western Railway 70%
Avanti West Coast Railway 70%
Hull Trains
London Tram Link
Lumo
Trans Pennine Express
2021 £220 million (height of covid)
2022 £226 million
2023 The firm, which sees "significant" further progress in 2023
The share price the other day was the highest it's been for over 10 yrs |
Top post.
Felix is a bit twp see ….. |  |
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| RMT on 08:31 - Jun 26 with 1100 views | felixstowe_jack |
| RMT on 00:42 - Jun 26 by Kilkennyjack |
Top post.
Felix is a bit twp see ….. |
Unfortunately all first groups profits come from its bus operations not its railways. I do wish you could understand the real world of business it would stop you making suck an idiot of your self so often. Rail travel last year was half of prepandemic levels and revenues were also half of prepandemic levels. Cost of running the railways remained the same therefore they are loss making. | |
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| RMT on 09:03 - Jun 26 with 1080 views | onehunglow |
| RMT on 00:42 - Jun 26 by Kilkennyjack |
Top post.
Felix is a bit twp see ….. |
See what?
You don't share his views.
I don't on many tings too
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| RMT on 09:10 - Jun 26 with 1062 views | BryanSwan |
| RMT on 08:31 - Jun 26 by felixstowe_jack |
Unfortunately all first groups profits come from its bus operations not its railways. I do wish you could understand the real world of business it would stop you making suck an idiot of your self so often. Rail travel last year was half of prepandemic levels and revenues were also half of prepandemic levels. Cost of running the railways remained the same therefore they are loss making. |
The facts and figure have been quoted time and time again. The UK gave them billions and billions to cope with pandemic levels as such they still made a profit every year.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-56361129
Your opinion on the railways md profit etc does not make it fact. | |
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| RMT on 10:08 - Jun 26 with 1040 views | felixstowe_jack |
| RMT on 09:10 - Jun 26 by BryanSwan |
The facts and figure have been quoted time and time again. The UK gave them billions and billions to cope with pandemic levels as such they still made a profit every year.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-56361129
Your opinion on the railways md profit etc does not make it fact. |
First groups profits financial year end march 2022 were £100 million which included £172 million from selling greyhound buses in USA. First groups Rail division made a loss in the year
ending March 2022.
Most of the £16 billio given to the railway industry during the pandemic went to pay their workers to keep them in work or on Furlough. [Post edited 26 Jun 2022 10:09]
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| RMT on 10:12 - Jun 26 with 1034 views | Brynmill_Jack |
| RMT on 10:08 - Jun 26 by felixstowe_jack |
First groups profits financial year end march 2022 were £100 million which included £172 million from selling greyhound buses in USA. First groups Rail division made a loss in the year
ending March 2022.
Most of the £16 billio given to the railway industry during the pandemic went to pay their workers to keep them in work or on Furlough. [Post edited 26 Jun 2022 10:09]
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Whoop whoop!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
They must be a pretty sh*t and inefficient private company if they can’t make money that’s practically handed straight to them by the government.
What was it you said that nationalization of the railways would be a bad thing again Felix? |  |
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| RMT on 10:31 - Jun 26 with 1024 views | BryanSwan |
| RMT on 10:08 - Jun 26 by felixstowe_jack |
First groups profits financial year end march 2022 were £100 million which included £172 million from selling greyhound buses in USA. First groups Rail division made a loss in the year
ending March 2022.
Most of the £16 billio given to the railway industry during the pandemic went to pay their workers to keep them in work or on Furlough. [Post edited 26 Jun 2022 10:09]
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These are the figures provided by FirstGroup "adjusted operating profits rose to £226.8m for the year to 26 March, compared with £220.2m a year earlier." | |
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| RMT on 13:46 - Jun 26 with 996 views | Kilkennyjack |
Go on Mick ….. 💪🚂
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| RMT on 18:48 - Jun 26 with 953 views | KeithHaynes |
Were there any strikes when everyone was sat at home getting free money for doing nothing during Covid ?
Just a question, nothing more. |  |
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| RMT on 19:21 - Jun 26 with 921 views | jack_lord |
| RMT on 18:48 - Jun 26 by KeithHaynes |
Were there any strikes when everyone was sat at home getting free money for doing nothing during Covid ?
Just a question, nothing more. |
Thats one of my issues Keith.
Not one day off for me nor my wife and now there seems to be a queue of people wanting to push the button. Many, many industries and firms were helped to survive thanks to the furlough scheme (traditionally not a Conservative thing so well done to the government) and now millions want to get more money because they have to, god forbid, go to work.
I understand that there is a course, a cost of living crisis but to start throwing toys out of the pram this quickly is a bit rich.
To be fair though, the RMT workers have a rough deal and aren't there just because they want more money. |  |
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| RMT on 19:35 - Jun 26 with 892 views | CountyJim |
| RMT on 18:48 - Jun 25 by johnlangy |
I am very much enjoying watching Mick Lynch in discussion about the strike with different people this week including many Tory ministers and MP's plus journalists/broadcasters. I've just watched the one with Kay Burley (Sky News) as an example.
He's very coolly and calmly (and easily) making them all look like complete fools. |
Just watched the Kay Burley video he made her look a right plank  well done Mr Lynch 
I'd recommend you Google it if you haven't seen it | | | |
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