I'm not sure train leasing is a profitable as a it was when BR was privatised and Porterbrook et al owned all the rolling stock What seems to happen now is the

I'm not sure train leasing is a profitable as a it was when BR was privatised and Porterbrook et al owned all the rolling stock What seems to happen now is the manufacturers e.g. Hitachi lease the trains to TOCs complete with maintenance plans built it. Think Eurostar was the first model of this in the Uk