nlogax
Established Member
Starting a new thread to ask some basic questions which I haven't yet seen asked.
We're reading more and more about failing franchises. Northern flailing. GTR wilting. GWR's performance woes. Virgin / Stagecoach giving back east coast services. SWR renegotiating while First Group ponder splitting off their rail businesses. Network Rail projects indefinitely postponed or just plain cancelled...
Bear in mind my perspective is just one of someone who has a long-term but relatively casual interest in our rail network, but who definitely doesn't work in it and whose only experience is as a fare-paying passenger. Beyond this casual interest and trying to keep up with the industry news - via forums and industry press - I'm just another fare-paying layperson.
So the questions I ask of those who are way more 'in the know'.. are all these bad news stories leading to something larger and more unpleasant happening in the UK rail industry? This -feels- like a downward trend, and I can't help but wonder where these failures are taking the network in the future. What are the big, glaring issues, what can be done to resolve them and is there (a) the political will, and (b) the financial resources needed?
We're reading more and more about failing franchises. Northern flailing. GTR wilting. GWR's performance woes. Virgin / Stagecoach giving back east coast services. SWR renegotiating while First Group ponder splitting off their rail businesses. Network Rail projects indefinitely postponed or just plain cancelled...
Bear in mind my perspective is just one of someone who has a long-term but relatively casual interest in our rail network, but who definitely doesn't work in it and whose only experience is as a fare-paying passenger. Beyond this casual interest and trying to keep up with the industry news - via forums and industry press - I'm just another fare-paying layperson.
So the questions I ask of those who are way more 'in the know'.. are all these bad news stories leading to something larger and more unpleasant happening in the UK rail industry? This -feels- like a downward trend, and I can't help but wonder where these failures are taking the network in the future. What are the big, glaring issues, what can be done to resolve them and is there (a) the political will, and (b) the financial resources needed?
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