Nationalise the trains?
Re: Nationalise the trains?
by lil bit » Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:41 am
Privatisation was stupid. It would only have worked if each train company had their own track, which is, of course, ludicrous.
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Re: Nationalise the trains?
by Showboat » Mon Aug 27, 2012 2:17 am
Err lil, when they were built they were private.
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Re: Nationalise the trains?
by lil bit » Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:36 am
Times have changed.
There is no way of going back to those little local services, each separate from the other and operating on their own bit of track - rather like local bus services.
Private railways stopped working well and began losing money as the world became smaller, which is why they were nationalised in the first place.
There is no way of going back to those little local services, each separate from the other and operating on their own bit of track - rather like local bus services.
Private railways stopped working well and began losing money as the world became smaller, which is why they were nationalised in the first place.
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Re: Nationalise the trains?
by Clarino » Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:54 am
They were nationalised for ideological reasons, not because they were losing money.
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Re: Nationalise the trains?
by Showboat » Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:57 am
They've become better since the were re-privatised. Passenger numbers are much higher and the trains are much more comfortable.
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Re: Nationalise the trains?
by Clarino » Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:13 am
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Re: Nationalise the trains?
by Clarino » Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:30 am
If they were failing and losing money (I've seen no evidence to support this claim by the way) then they should have been allowed to fail, and cease operating.
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