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Politics, Covid19 and Brexit
Will they get the job done
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<blockquote data-quote="TheTallGuy" data-source="post: 6682420" data-attributes="member: 9121"><p>Indeed, many of the issues in latter day BR were due to the treasury being tight fisted. Take a look at what BR did achieve creating the HST/MK3 rolling stock still being in use today, the lamentable pacers that despite being truly awful have propped up local services for 30 years - services that would otherwise have been unviable. What has the privatised railway achieved since the mid 90s? West Coast Route Modernisation stupidly over budget & cut back, franchises failing... Great Western electrification over budget, late & cut back, Crossrail over budget & years late... weeks of strikes on SWR.... review after review all pointing to privatisation having failed... higher overall subsidy (index linked) compared to the 80s, despite passengers paying significantly higher ticket prices... seats that are as comfortable as ironing boards - I could go on! About the only great improvements we have seen have been in safety.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheTallGuy, post: 6682420, member: 9121"] Indeed, many of the issues in latter day BR were due to the treasury being tight fisted. Take a look at what BR did achieve creating the HST/MK3 rolling stock still being in use today, the lamentable pacers that despite being truly awful have propped up local services for 30 years - services that would otherwise have been unviable. What has the privatised railway achieved since the mid 90s? West Coast Route Modernisation stupidly over budget & cut back, franchises failing... Great Western electrification over budget, late & cut back, Crossrail over budget & years late... weeks of strikes on SWR.... review after review all pointing to privatisation having failed... higher overall subsidy (index linked) compared to the 80s, despite passengers paying significantly higher ticket prices... seats that are as comfortable as ironing boards - I could go on! About the only great improvements we have seen have been in safety. [/QUOTE]
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