You don't need to tell me, I live there :D What's worse is that French, German and Dutch national rail operators have subsidiaries running rail contracts in th

You don't need to tell me, I live there :D What's worse is that French, German and Dutch national rail operators have subsidiaries running rail contracts in the UK. So in a way we help fund the fantastic continental rail services... But I understand that rail services on the continent are also heavily subsidised.