DerekC
Established Member
One possible advantage of Brexit (I am trying hard) is that we could re-integrate the main line railway. That's not the same as re-nationalising it - there is another thread about that. It's putting track and train back under the same ownership. In theory that's an excellent idea. It would make such things as ETCS rollout much easier to plan and would avoid the nonsenses associated with TOC compensation for planned renewal work, for example. However a private BR monolith doesn't seem such a good idea. Geographic sector businesses (a bit like the pre-WW2 "big four") could work, but they weren't a very good way of doing big city transport and we would have to worry about cross-country traffic and freight. Thoughts and ideas invited!
PS - I am hoping I am not missing an existing thread about this - I did look!
PS - I am hoping I am not missing an existing thread about this - I did look!
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