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A majority of voters in
key Conservative held 2015 battleground seats want the railways brought back
into public ownership, according to new research by Survation.
74 per cent of those in
four key marginal seats who expressed a preference did not believe the railways
would be worse in public hands compared to the current model of private
ownership.
Half of respondents
thought fares would be cheaper under public ownership and 71 per cent believed
that fare prices would be either the same or cheaper.
According to the survey
conducted by Survation for the RMT, 60 per cent of all respondents expressing a
view said they wanted their local operator to be brought back under public
ownership at the next opportunity, a view shared by 62 per cent of Lib Dem 2010
voters, 71 per cent of Labour 2010 voters and 47 per cent of 2010
Conservatives.
Even a third of those
who believed their own operator should remain in private hands did not believe
the entire network should be under private ownership.
Meanwhile, 93 per cent of
those who did want their current operator brought back into public ownership
(and had a view) wanted fully publicly owned rail across the country.
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