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 Hit Dec 2007: 29 percent Extend to 2008: 71 percent |
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Are Network Rail sufficiently accountable to passengers, freight customers and taxpayers? 446 votes cast: |
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Yes: 25 percent No: 75 percent
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Should the £16bn Crossrail scheme terminate at Maidenhead, or should it be extended to Reading at extra cost? 558 votes cast: |
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Maidenhead: 8 percent Reading: 92 percent
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If the tube renewals contracts run into trouble, should the work return to LUL or be renegotiated? 365 votes cast: |
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Return to LUL: 82 percent Renegotiate: 18 percent
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Should the Grayrigg accident be the subject of a full judicial inquiry to satisfy public demand, or will RAIB's formal investigation and findings be sufficient? 296 votes cast: |
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Judicial inquiry: 23 percent RAIB investigation: 77 percent
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Is GNER's early termination of their franchise a one-off, or will other franchises' premiums force them to quit early? 283 votes cast: |
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One-off: 17 percent More will quit: 83 percent
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Has the London Underground improved since the advent of the Public Private Partnership? 247 votes cast: |
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Yes: 25 percent No: 75 percent
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Should open access operators be encouraged to compete for revenue, or should the encumbent TOC have its revenue stream protected? 204 votes cast: |
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Open access: 57 percent Protect revenue: 43 percent
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Should HST2 be specified as diesel only, or should an electric version also be procured? 199 votes cast: |
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Diesel only: 26 percent Electric too: 74 percent
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Are expensive tram systems the solution to relieve urban congestion, or will people leave their cars for cheap, regular buses? 68 votes cast: |
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Trams: 90 percent Buses: 10 percent
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Should Transport Scotland only fund rail links within Scotland, or should it contribute to a new north-south high speed link? 88 votes cast: |
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Stay in Scotland: 20 percent Help with HSL: 80 percent
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Is the process of refranchising fair and transparent, and does it result in a better railway? 81 votes cast: |
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Yes: 21 percent No: 79 percent
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Should the railways attempt to reduce the risk of terrorist attack by adopting screening and search measures, or are the inconvenience, delays and reduced revenue too high a price? 66 votes cast: |
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Reduce the risk: 29 percent Too high a price: 71 percent
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Should the railway now seek to add capacity and plan for growth, or should it continue to concentrate on improving performance and value for money? 52 votes cast: |
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Plan for growth: 88 percent Improve performance: 12 percent
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How should the government define the railway's outputs in return for public subsidy: in terms of high level outputs (service frequency, first & last trains etc), or by means of detailed timetabling which the railway must operate to? 35 votes cast: |
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High level outputs: 80 percent Detailed timetables: 20 percent
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In light of the Gerrard's Cross tunnel collapse, should the railway allow others to build over operational railway as a means of generating additional income, or is the risk of damage to the core business of running railways too great? 65 votes cast: |
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Keep building: 37 percent Too risky: 63 percent
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Should the railway pursue a policy of electrification schemes to reduce its dependency on oil and maximise whole life costs, or maximise its scarce short-term resources by procuring more diesel traction? 55 votes cast: |
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More electrification: 89 percent More diesels: 11 percent
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How can accident investigations best serve the public: by seeking to punish failures by means of manslaughter convictions, or by determining root cause via confidential blame-free evidence-taking? 53 votes cast: |
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Punish failure: 4 percent Seek causes: 96 percent
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Should the railways receive targeted subsidy to assist with congestion reduction? 30 votes cast: |
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Yes: 93 percent No: 7 percent
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Will the proposed restructuring as laid out in the white paper be good for the railways? 62 votes cast: |
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Yes: 37 percent No: 63 percent
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