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Interesting article in the Telegraph today. A bit lightweight but basically saying it should go the other way.
Basically, trains, stations, track, signalling, the whole shebang in the hands of a private entity!
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/05/23/truth-british-railways-werent-privatised-enough/
Interesting article in the Telegraph today. A bit lightweight but basically saying it should go the other way.
Basically, trains, stations, track, signalling, the whole shebang in the hands of a private entity!
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/05/23/truth-british-railways-werent-privatised-enough/
...Private train operators lacked the freedom or competitive pressures afforded to other private sector businesses. The government neither gave companies full control over tracks, trains and stations — as historically was the case and works well in Japan – nor did they allow competition between operators on the same lines. Nor could they dictate fares, open new routes or tinker with the timetable to match supply to demand. These were all set in advance in contracts.
Even with their hands tied behind their back, private operators expanded the railway system and innovated well a truly privatised, commercialised and innovative railway system could have produced...
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