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UK public transport is a disaster in its own right. It turns out that privatisation doesn't really help that much, especially when it's done in a way that basi
by micv 8y ago
UK public transport is a disaster in its own right. It turns out that privatisation doesn't really help that much, especially when it's done in a way that basically gives you the worst parts of state ownership combined with the worst parts of private ownership. If you look to the continent you'll find systems that work a whole hell of a lot better.
- jermaustin1 8y agoI rode the Virgin East Cost Line a few times and it was only OK. When they lost it to LNER, though, it turned into a complete nightmare. I've done 4 round trips now between London and Edinburgh on LNER and have had air conditioning in my car a total of 0 times, and the already long 4.5 hour ride delayed by an hour or more each time. Maybe I've just had terrible luck, but 8 separate legs and 0 comfortable rides leads me to believe it is completely mismanaged, and that regular maintenance isn't occurring.
- micv 8y agoThe east coast mainline has been a mess for years. Virgin were the second franchise to collapse and the only one that seems to have worked was the nationalised franchise that came between them.