Rejected petition Transfer ownership of Southern Rail to Directly Operated Railways

Southern Rail has run this franchise into the ground through gross incompetence by running deteriorated rolling stock, causing bitterly acrimonious labour relations, cancelling and running late services wantonly and foisting unbelievable excuses on the public such as dishonetly blaming the unions.

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Requests to strip the franchise from Southern Rail:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jul/04/calls-strip-southern-rail-operator-franchise-govia-thameslink

Evidence for public-owned railways:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0155998214000416

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-2750031/Public-sector-Directly-Operated-Railways-returns-217m-taxpayer.html

Southern Rail bonuses:
https://www.rmt.org.uk/news/southern-rail-bosses-embroiled-in-a-new-bonus-scandal/

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Date submitted 5 July 2016
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